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Historical Event on 12/26/1989

Keshav Shankar Pillai, international fame cartoonist, painter, writer and Padma Bhushan awardee, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/10/1993Santosh Yadav becomes the first Indian woman to reach the Everest for the second time.
3/13/1992Indumati Ramkrishna Shevde, famous writer, critic and painter, passed away.
7/30/1997Madras High Court restrains, by an interim injunction, the foreign universities/institutions having offices in India from awarding or conferring any degree on Indian students.
10/28/1997Cabinet permits RBI to issue rupee notes of 1000 denomination.
1/14/1946Two jetties collapse in Ganges; 160 Hindu pilgrims are crushed.
2/18/1946Cabinet Mission in India.
1/26/1930Mahatma Gandhi started the Dandi march to protest against the Salt Act of the British and the same day Indians swore to get 'Total' Swaraj and organised the day as Swaraj Day.
11/18/1997Puttaveeramma of Ishwatha Ashrama Vidyaranyapuram, Vishveshwara Nagar, Mysore, conferred with the 'Rajiv Gandhi Manav Seva Award 1997' for lifelong exemplary service to poor destitute women, in particular deaf and dumb girl children.
7/6/1960The President promulgates the ESMA, 1960.
1/14/1998The Prime Ministers of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh come together for a three-nation business summit in Dhaka.