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Historical Event on 9/26/1977

Uday Shankar (Chowdhury), producer and director of dance-based film 'Kalpana', passed away. He was the elder brother of Pandit Ravishankar. His main achievement was the blending of the Indian classical style with the Western Ballet and various folk dances.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/17/1959Pattabhi Sitaramayya, president of Indian National Congress and politician, died at the age of 78.
8/18/1990Pandit Narayan Chaturvedi, senior Hindi litterateur, died.
12/27/1975372 miners die in a huge blast in Bihar state.
3/31/1986Bombay Telephone Nigam renamed as Mahanagar Telephone Nigam.
10/28/1996Goa upset Karnataka to win their first Ranji Cricket Trophy game ever.
4/22/1942The Telecommunication Training Centre was established at Jabalpur.
1/8/1984Sushma Mukhopadhyay, first Indian women pilot, died at the of 74.
9/4/1983INSAT-1B runs into snag, its solar array fails to deploy fully.
11/30/1920N. B. Kamat, filmmaker and distributor, was born.
1/18/1998Justice M. M. Punchhi is sworn in Chief Justice of India.