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Historical Event on 8/26/1914
Bengali revolutionaries looted 46,000 bullet ammunition and pistols from Calcutta Port for their revolutionary activities.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/13/1999 | D. Sripada Rao, former Speaker of the Andhra Pradesh Assembly, is shot dead by People's War Group naxalites near Annaram village in Karimnagar district. |
| 3/12/1612 | Usman Khan Lohani, son of Isa Khan, was defeated in the battle of Nekujyal. He died as the last independent ruler of Bengal. |
| 12/26/1978 | Indira Gandhi released after week in jail for refusing to testify on corruption. |
| 8/18/1872 | Pandit Vishnu Digambar Paluskar Gadgil, who provided new heights to North Indian classical music, was born at Kundanwadi at Kolhapur distrist in Maharashtra. |
| 6/15/1960 | Bardwan University was established in West Bengal. |
| 12/26/1999 | Shankar Dayal Sharma (81), former President of India, died in New Delhi. |
| 3/31/1871 | Gangadhar Balkrishna Deshpande, freedom fighter and loyal Congress leader 'Lion of Karnataka', was born. |
| 12/30/1993 | Government gets majority when 10 members of Ajit faction of the JD merge with the Congress. |
| 11/30/1988 | Cyclone lashes Bangladesh, Eastern India; 317 killed. |
| 4/25/1993 | Indian Airlines plane hijacker shot dead by commandoes. All 141 persons rescued. |
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