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Historical Event on 3/26/1942

Indira Gandhi, third Prime Minister of India, was married to Feroze Gandhi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/5/1882Hazrat Inayat Khan (1882-1927), classical singer and Muslim mystic, was born. He was instrumental in bringing Sufism to the music.
10/3/1880Sakuntal Sangeet held in Anandodbhav Auditorium in Pune. Annasaheb Kirloskar presented the first musical play in Marathi.
5/4/1854The first stamp was officially issued from Calcutta where the first modern post office was established.
11/7/1950King Tribhubana Bir Bikram of Nepal flees palace for refuge in Indian Embassy at Kathmandu.
3/4/1990Sunderlal Patwa (BJP) and D. Ramachandran (DMK) named CM's of Madhya Pradesh and Pondicherry respectively.
1/26/1957India annexes Kashmir, Constitution for incorporation with India goes into effect.
12/26/1999Shankar Dayal Sharma (81), former President of India, died in New Delhi.
5/31/1996J. H. Patel sworn in Karnataka CM.
2/16/1933Surya Sen Masterda, revolutionary freedom fighter, who attacked the Armoury of Chittagong with 62 men of the Indian Republican Army and was underground on Jalalabad Hills, was arrested.
10/15/1994SROSS-C2, Indian Remote Sensing Satellite (IRS-P2), which carried remote sensing payload, was placed in orbit. It was the second developmental launch of PSLV.