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Historical Event on 1/26/1950

Government of India accepted the National Emblem. It consisted of Head of Lion which is taken from Ashok piller situated near Sarnath.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/19/1979T. R. Baalu was born in Thalikottai, Distt. Thiruvarur (Tamil Nadu).
7/7/1946Gandhiji addressed the A.I.C.C. meeting at Bombay; Congress accepted the Cabinet Mission plan of May 16.
1/16/1896Jaideva Singh, famous musician and educationist, was born Shohratgarh, U.P.
5/30/1952S.C.Mathur was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 01-07-1955.
1/11/1958Two lakh Indians in East Pakistan were rounded up and lodged in concentration camps.
12/15/1932Tirunellai Narayana Iyer Seshan, Chief Election Commissioner of India, was born.
1/19/1960Ramchandra Gopal (Dadasaheb Torne), famous film director, passed away.
12/23/1912Rash Behari Ghosh and Sachin Sanyal threw a bomb at Viceroy Lord Hardinge II in Delhi. He had come to Delhi on an elephant for the initiation of the new capital. The Viceroy was injured in the bomb blast.
12/23/1912Saint Namdev passed away.
10/10/1909Nagarwala Noshirvan Dorab, cricket umpire of five Tests, was born in Maharashtra.