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Historical Event on 9/26/1979
Charan Singh launches a new party called the Lok Dal.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/24/1995 | Total solar eclipse seen over Rajasthan, UP, Bihar and West Bengal, while partial eclipse seen in the rest of the country. |
| 10/6/1974 | Vengalil Krishnan Krishna Menon, great freedom fighter, barrister, leader, politician, nationalist and member of the Lok Sabha, passed away. He resigned as the defence minister soon after the Chinese aggression. |
| 5/7/1889 | Dr. Narayan Subbarao Hardikar, freedom fighter, journalist and Padmabhushan awardee, was born. |
| 6/12/1975 | Drugaprasad Dhar, former deputy president of Planning Commission, died. |
| 1/1/1967 | Day's play in the Calcutta Test vs West Indies cancelled by riots. |
| 5/30/1977 | Express Train fell into Beki river in Assam killing 44 persons. |
| 1/22/1886 | Harikrishna Premi, Hindi writer, passed away. |
| 5/21/1930 | A raid of nationalists on salt works in Dharasana results in 630 casualties and the arrest of Mrs. Naidy, leader of the civil disobedience campaign. |
| 8/18/1969 | Humayun Kabir, great politician, died. |
| 1/18/1930 | Gurudev Rabindranath Thakur (Tagore) and Mahatma Gandhi met at Sabarmati Ashram. |
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