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Historical Event on 10/26/1930
Dr. Waldemar Modecal Haffkine, famous scientist, bacteriologist and professor, died in Paris. He had invented the Cholera vaccine in 1893 and a vaccine for Plague in 1897 at the Grant Medical College, Bombay.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/25/1943 | No. 8 Squadron started functioning absorbing the remaining coastal defence flight personnel, and also issued with a vengeance to achieve operational status. |
| 6/9/1986 | First AIDS death reported from a private hospital in Mumbai. |
| 1/1/1999 | George Fernandes, Defence Minister, said the sacked Naval Chief, Admiral Vishnu Bhagwat, had been displaying ""disturbing tendencies"" for over a year and even threatened his successor, Admiral Sushil Kumar, with court martial. |
| 4/21/1995 | Medium range 'Akash', surface-to-air-missile, flight trial successful. |
| 2/6/1953 | Congress, PSP, CP and Jansangh recognised as All India parties by the Election Commission. |
| 11/18/1960 | Raghunath Chaudhary, famous natural poet of Assam, passed away. |
| 5/20/1677 | Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj won the fort of Jingi. |
| 10/20/1920 | Censor Board, after examining the film 'Ahilya Uddhar' on October 20, started mentioning the number of reels as well as the length in feet on the Censor Certificate. The film had already been released earlier on August 23, 1919. |
| 3/2/1938 | Chandrakumar Agarwala, assamia poet, passed away. |
| 7/20/1986 | India withdraws from Edinburgh Commonwealth Games. |
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