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Historical Event on 8/26/1947

Nawab of Bhopal announced accession of the Bhopal state to the Indian Dominion.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/29/1942Britain offered dominion status to India after the war if it cooperated now.
11/12/1997India elected to executive board of UNESCO.
3/1/1993India develops Phased Array Radars critical for its ""Akash"" surface-to-air missile and launches its indigenous main battle tank 'Arjun'.
11/27/1881Kashi Prasad Jayaswal, great lawyer, philosopher and eminent historian, was born at Mirzapur, UP.
8/1/1957National Book Trust inaugurated.
11/18/1994Bipinchandra Joshi, cheif of Army and General, passed away at the age of 54 years.
9/19/1950U. N. Assembly rejects Indian-Soviet proposal to admit Communist China in New York.
7/1/1992Truck operators begin nation-wide strike to press for the abolition of toll tax and octroi.
10/9/2000The Centre appoints Yogendra Narain as the new defence secretary and K. Sibal as the secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs while effecting a major bureaucratic reshuffle.
2/10/1957Pranab Pankaj Roy, cricketer (son of Pankaj, Indian batsman 1982), was born in Calcutta.