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Historical Event on 8/26/1975

Dr. Narayan Subbarao Hardikar, freedom fighter, journalist and Padmabhushan awardee, died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/4/1997J & K Assembly passed the Ladakh Hill Council Bill.
2/4/1993D. C. Kothari, famous scientist and educationalist, passed away.
12/3/1971Hostilities broke out between India and Pakistan. On the very night that hostilities commenced, with Pakistan bombing several air fields, IN Ships 'Rajput' and 'Akshay' were leaving Vishakapatnam harbour when they obtained a sonar contact. They fired several depth charges and proceeded on their mission when there was no further evidence of a submarine's presence. Thereafter, a loud explosion of rattling windows panes off the Vishakapatnam beach was heard . The Pakistani submarine 'Ghazi' (a Tench class submarine obtained from the USA in 1964) had come to grief.
5/12/1987Britain's HMS Hermes becomes Indian Navy's second aircraft carrier named INS Viraat.
5/18/1985Dr. P. C. Alexander appointed High Commissioner in Britain.
2/28/1919Gandhiji signs Satyagraha Pledge to secure withdrawal of Rowlatt Bills.
2/25/2000The Supreme Court stays the Madras High Court order discharging the former Chief Minister and AIADMK supremo, Ms. Jayalalitha, from the two TANSI deal cases.
9/17/1997Advance railway reservation period extended from 30 to 60 days w.e.f. February 01, 1998.
2/13/1861Colonel Bernard Irwin attacks & defeats hostile Chiricahua Indians.
8/29/1993Tamil refugees leave Madras for Sri Lanka apparently on their own free will.