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Historical Event on 2/26/1972

President Varahgiri Venkat Giri inaugurated the Vikram Earth Satellite Station at Wardha near Arvi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/25/1899Narhar Gangadhar Apte, great Hindi writer, was born at Satara.
4/3/1956Nehru announces that troops have been sent to control Naga tribal people in the Burmese border area, who are asking for a separate state.
7/17/200055 persons die as a Boeing 737 of Alliance Air from Calcutta to Delhi via Patna and Lucknow crashes at Gardanibagh, one km from the runway at the Patna airport.
9/5/1793Mir Kasim lost To Britishers near Rajmahal in battle of Udaynala.
2/12/1985Fire aboard M.V. Chidambaram, an Indian liner sailing from Singapore to Madras, killed 34 people.
10/17/1970Anil Radhakrishna Kumble, cricketer (great Indian leg spinner since 1990), was born in Bangalore.
11/1/1992Indirabai Khadilkar, famous singer, died.
10/13/1781A treaty was singed between the Britishers and ruler of Gwalior, Scindia.
10/6/1992Z. R. Ansari, former central minister, died.
1/2/1932Sant Harchand Singh Longowal, famous Ragi and reluctant politician, was born in Sangrur's backward Gadarhiani village.