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Historical Event on 3/26/1972
The first International Sanskrit Conference was held by President V.V Giri.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/21/1966 | General Election (11th) of India ends. |
| 1/19/1697 | Maharana Pratap, the founder of Mewad and eminent personality, passed away. |
| 8/1/1879 | Achyut Balwant Kolhatkar, famous litterateur and journalist, was born. |
| 2/14/1996 | President dedicates 55,000-seated Jawaharlal Nehru International Stadium at Kochi to the nation. |
| 5/2/1953 | Declaration by the PM that India was opposed to joining any power-block in the event of another war. |
| 12/1/1942 | No. 8 Squadron was raised meanwhile, absorbing the remaining coastal defence flight personnel. |
| 8/26/1927 | Second Radio Centre was started in Calcutta. |
| 12/28/1892 | Dr. Shivajirao Ganesh (Daji Patwardhan), famous social worker and Padmashri awardee, was born. |
| 12/28/1892 | Rana Sanga of Mewar, who had built up an extensive and powerful kingdom over the central and western regions of Northern India, passed away. Mughal Emperor Babur captured Chanderi Fort from Medini Rai, Rana Sangram Singh one of the Lieutenants. |
| 7/6/1901 | Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee, great social reformer, politician and leader, was born at Calcutta. He was the founder of the ""Bharatiya Jana Sangh"", of which BJP is the successor party. His father Sir Asutosh was widely known in Bengal. |
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