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Historical Event on 1/26/2001
Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Lata Mangeshkar.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/9/1993 | Congress (I), AIADMK alliance in Tamil Nadu breaks over Hindi imposition. |
| 12/6/1992 | 300,000 Hindus destroy the mosque of Babri at Ayodhya, India. 4 die and BJP government in UP, led by Kalyan Singh, was dismissed and President's rule promulgated. Then countrywide riots followed. Pakistan and Bangladesh condemned demolition. |
| 4/7/1998 | Soli Sorabjee is appointed Attorney-General of India. |
| 3/9/1994 | Devika Rani Roerich, the first lady of the Indian screen, died at the age of 87 years in Bangalore. |
| 10/11/1923 | Harish Chandra was born in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh. His work in a narrow branch of modern mathematics led to its developement to such an extent that it drew the attention of mathematicians all over the world. |
| 12/14/1984 | First MIG 27M aircraft assembled by Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. takes off. |
| 11/16/1887 | Padmacharan Patnaik, famous Orria poet, was born. |
| 7/1/1962 | Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy, great leader, veteran nationalist, politician, professor, physician and architect, passed away. |
| 7/28/1994 | Uproar in Parliament over the Government's rejection of JPC report. |
| 10/23/1997 | I.K. Gujral, PM, leaves for Edinburgh to attend Commonwealth Heads of Govt. Meeting. |
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