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Historical Event on 8/26/1927

Second Radio Centre was started in Calcutta.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/12/1996Lok Sabha adopts resolution extending President's Rule in J & K for 6 months.
8/11/1956The Lok Sabha passed the States Reorganisation Act.
1/19/1892Chintaman Vinayak Joshi, famous Marathi comedy writer, was born.
5/31/1973Mohan Kumaramangalam, Central Minister, died in an air crash near Delhi.
8/22/1942Harikrishna Kaul (Raja Pandit), administrator and Prime Minister of Jammu Kashmir and Patiyala, died.
6/28/1975As a response to anti-government demonstrations, India imposes the toughest press censorship since independence.
2/18/199247 die in Tamil Nadu's Kumbakonam Mahamakham stampede.
5/13/1991P. Sudhir Kumar released in exchange for a few Naxals in jail.
12/3/1971Indo-Pakistan war begins. On the same day National Emergency was declared by the President of India due to war between both the countries.
12/3/1971Sher Shah Sur died. He was fatally wounded in an explosion on Kalanjara fort while preparing for an attack. He introduced the new silver rupee-coin ""Rupiya"" based on ratio of 40 copper coin pieces (paisa) per rupee and built several roads including the longest road of India known as Grand Trunk Road (now Natioinal Highway-2).