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Historical Event on 4/26/1924
Ramabai Ranade, social reformer, passed away. She played a major role in the upliftment of women in India and founded Sevasadan in Bombay, a hostel for the ladies.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/16/1858 | Baithi, Laikha, Ratna, Maani, and the women who participated in Mairath Kranti at Gudgaon, all were hanged. |
| 11/9/1877 | Muhammad Iqbal, Urdu poet, was born in Sialkot (now in Pakistan). |
| 10/18/1901 | Mahatma Gandhi sails for India. |
| 7/9/1938 | Sanjeev Kumar, famous Hindi film actor, was born. |
| 8/20/1991 | India's Ambassador to Romania J.F.Ribeiro shot by Sikh extremists in Bucharest. |
| 11/9/1942 | Jami, last evergreen poet of Parsi language, died. |
| 1/20/1939 | Nalin Chandra Wickramasinghe, great Indian astronomer, was born. |
| 1/10/1993 | 24th International Film Festival of India opens in New Delhi. |
| 10/27/1907 | Brahma Bandhav Upadhyay died. |
| 1/17/1993 | LTTE commander Sadasivan Krishnakumar alias Kittu was killed in a ship blaze off Madras coast. |
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