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Historical Event on 1/26/1961

Special stamps dedicated to Mahatma Gandhi in the Champion of Liberty series issued by the United States postal department.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/1/1988The Officers Training School (OTS) was re-christened as Officers Training Academy. Besides training Indian nationals, 74 cadets from Sri Lanka have also been trained at the OTA.
8/11/1997135 persons killed in flash floods in Shimla & Kiannaur districts of Himachal Pradesh.
6/9/1986First AIDS death reported from a private hospital in Mumbai.
11/30/2000CBI files fresh cases against JMM MPs Shibu Soren, Simon Marandi and Suraj Mandal on charges of possessing assets disproportionate to their known sources of income.
12/1/1985Rajiv Gandhi concludes the first official visit to Japan by an Indian Prime Minister at Tokyo.
4/1/1944Japanese troops conquer Jessami, East-India.
6/9/1998Gujarat was hit by a cyclone killing 1,000 people in six days.
4/9/1965After Indo-Pak conflict of 1965, the Raksha Medal, Samar Seva Star and some others were introduced.
2/6/1990Ashok Shandilya of Railways wins National billiards crown.
1/15/2000Baba Amte, social artist, receives Gandhi Peace Prize 1999, from the President K. R. Narayanan.