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Historical Event on 9/26/1977

Uday Shankar (Chowdhury), producer and director of dance-based film 'Kalpana', passed away. He was the elder brother of Pandit Ravishankar. His main achievement was the blending of the Indian classical style with the Western Ballet and various folk dances.

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10/2/1934Indian Naval Force was established.
6/22/1955Sadashiv Garpatrao Shinde, cricketer (12 wkts in 7 Tests for India), died at the age of 31.
7/15/1992Lucknow High Court stays any construction activity near the disputed temple in Ayodhya.
9/23/1996Sitaram Kesri elected provisional president of Congress (I).
2/22/1997India outplays Poland in the final hockey `Test' and win series 2-0.
2/24/1988Prithvi, India's first Indigenously designed surface-to-surface tactical missile of 250km, was successfully test fired from Sriharikota. India becomes the fifth country to develop such a missile.
2/6/1827Shyam Shastri, musician and a great artist of India, passed away at the age of 65 years.
10/28/1962US pledges to rush arms to India.
8/22/1984R. Venkataraman was elected the Vice President of India (1984 -1987).
1/26/1995Three powerful bombs rip through a celebration at a sports stadium in Kashmir as the State Governor addresses the crowd;7 people killed and 47 injured.