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Historical Event on 10/26/1981

Dattatrey Ramchandra Bendre, Gyanpeet awardee and Kannad poet, died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/11/1956The PM announced in the Lok Sabha the conclusion of the Netaji Inquiry Committee that Netaji did die in an air-crash.
3/28/1926Pahelam Ratanji ""Polly"" Umrigar, cricketer (Indian batsman & captain), was born in Sholapur, Maharashtra.
4/14/1992The 79th Plenary session of the Indian National Congress opens in Tirupati.
5/10/1993Santosh Yadav becomes the first Indian woman to reach the Everest for the second time.
6/13/1940Revolutionary leader Udham Singh was hanged for charges of assassinating Micheal Odair, who was the Governor General of Punjab at the time of Jalianwala Baug massacre.
1/4/1999Karnataka's Farah Khan made it three-in-a-row in the National ladies billiards championship in Delhi.
2/24/2000The Subrahmanyam Committee report tabled in the Lok Sabha. The panel concluded that the Pakistan intrusion in Kargil took the Indian security establishment by surprise.
10/6/1935Jeevan D. Ghosh, cricket Test umpire from 1978-91, was born in Bengal. He has the distinction of having the longest umpiring career of 32 years in India.
2/28/1712Bahadur Shah I died at Lahore at the age of 72 in the war of succession.
11/22/1989General Election ( 9th) of India begins for Lok Sabha and Assembly elections in 5 states.