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Historical Event on 8/26/1947

Nawab of Bhopal announced accession of the Bhopal state to the Indian Dominion.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/26/1998Sachin Tendulkar make a record 127 runs against Zimbabwe at Calcutta.
4/25/1982India's first telecast colour broadcasting started on Dordarshan.
12/22/1871Lord Edward Allanbaro, governor general of India (1842-1844), died.
8/20/1998The Punjab and Haryana High Court upholds the conviction of former Punjab DGP K.P.S. Gill for outraging the modesty of an IAS officer Mrs. Rupan Deol Bajaj.
3/30/1988Tamil Nadu beat Railways by an innings and 144 runs to win Ranji Trophy.
7/11/1964M C Chagla, Union Minister of Education, turns the first sod for the foundation of the 4 ft tunnel.
10/31/1843Tarkanath Gangopadhyay, first realistic social novelist of Bengal, was born.
1/19/1948India and Pakistan accept U.N. mediation in New York.
2/1/1901Six language penel were started on the Rs. five dinomination. These notes were single sided and the back side could be used for accounting purposes. The six languages were Urdu, Bengali, Telugu, Kaithi, Kannada and Tamil. The paper used for printing was white hand made and moulded.
9/2/1976Vishnu Sakharam Khandekar, famous marathi story writer, novelist and Gyanpeeth Awardee, passed away.