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Historical Event on 2/26/1971
Noel David, Hyderabad off-spinner who played ODI in 1997, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/19/1947 | Salman Rushdie, English writer, was born in Bombay. |
| 6/19/1947 | Vasco De Gama departed with his fleet from Lisbon Harbour for a trip to India . |
| 8/17/1911 | Y.R. Lokurkar, senior journalist, was born. |
| 1/9/1918 | Harprasad Nanda, famous Industrialist, was born. |
| 12/23/1930 | The British governor of Punjab was wounded in an assassination attempt. |
| 12/12/1901 | Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore founded the first dance school called as ""Kala Bhawan"" and established the ""Barahamacharya Ashram"", the core of Vishwa Bharati University of Shantiniketan, near Bolpur. It was formally opened on December. |
| 9/11/1985 | Sri Lanka score their first Test victory by 149 runs against India. |
| 6/23/1997 | India and Pakistan reach accord on joint working groups to address outstanding issues including Kashmir and Siachen. |
| 6/19/1997 | Indian Prime Minister and his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif, spoke for first time on restored hotline, to reiterate their committment to comprehensive dialogue, including Kashmir. |
| 9/6/1905 | Satyacharan Chaterjee, great Indian Geologist, was born. |
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