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Historical Event on 10/26/1952
Pakistan's first Test cricket win vs India. Fazal Mahmood took 12 wkts .
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/19/1929 | Balbir Singh, India field hockey player (Olympic gold 1948-56), was born. |
| 11/11/1793 | English pioneer missionary William Carey, 32, reached Calcutta five months after setting sail for India. Later, Carey founded the Baptist Missionary Society, the first of the British Protestant missions agencies. |
| 5/17/1997 | Two workers belonging to Mamsapuram near Srivilliputtur ''burnt alive'' at neighbouring Edayankulam by its residents who took them hostage. |
| 1/28/1898 | Nivedita, an Irish lady of Scottish descent, came to India. |
| 10/12/1993 | National Environment Council with PM as chairperson set up. |
| 10/29/1952 | Amalgamation of the Steel Corporation of Bengal with Indian Iron and Steel Company Ltd. to be effective from 1st January 1953 under the latter's name. |
| 12/28/1932 | Britain says it is to release 28,000 prisoners, including Gandhi. |
| 3/31/1942 | During the 2nd World War, Japan was heavily successful in Burma and Andaman which posted a danger to the Indian Security. |
| 10/19/1967 | Dr. C. V. Raman elucidated his new theory on wave motion in respect to vision and dim light. |
| 7/31/1938 | Khalid Anwer Ansari, social worker, was born. |
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