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Historical Event on 1/26/2001

Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Lata Mangeshkar.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/10/1998Nine Ranbir Sena supporters are killed in an ambush at Rampurchauram village in Bihar's Jehanabad district.
12/8/2000EC nod for Paswans's party to be known as Lok Janshakti Party.
7/7/1901J. Watsan Harod started a branch of Gramophone Company at Calcutta.
6/6/1907John Morley, U.K. Government State Secretary, declares ""it will not withdraw from India under any circumstances"".
1/1/1931Gopi Chand Narang, great educationist and Urdu scholar, was born at Dukki.
12/17/1740Chimaji Appa, Peshwa warrior, died.
6/20/1897Ratnakant Barkakti, famous Assamia poet, was born.
12/1/2000An armed intruder snipes at naval commando Satvir Singh at the official residence of the Navy Chief Admiral Sushil Kumar in the high- security Rajaji Marg area in New Delhi. The Navy sets up an enquiry board to probe the incident.
2/23/1993India complete a 3-0 series drubbing of England.
5/23/1995TADA expires and new Anti-Terrorists Activities Law proposed. Criminal Law Amendment Bill, 1995, voting put off; Lok Sabha passes Finance Bill 1995.