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Today In Indian History - Historical Events of India
| Date | Event Name |
| 04/26/1858 |
Kunwar Singh, revolutionary of Indian mutiny and freedom fighter, passed away. He fought his last battle near Jagdishpur, Bihar on April 23, 1858 and defeated the Britishers but was deeply wounded. He also organised the national rebels. |
| 04/26/1479 |
Vallabhacharya, founder of 'Pushthimarg Panth', was born. |
| 04/26/1762 |
Shyam Shastri, musician and a great artist of India, was born at Tiruvarur. |
| 04/26/1813 |
Swati Tirunal Ramavarma, outstanding composer of Carnatic music in Kerala, was born in a royal family of Travancore. |
| 04/26/1841 |
Bombay Gazette begins publishing on silk. |
| 04/26/1895 |
Guru Baksha Singh, modern Punjabi litterateur was born. |
| 04/26/1908 |
Judge Sarv Mittra Sikri, Chief Justice of Supreme Court of India, was born. |
| 04/26/1920 |
Srinivas Ramanujam, famous Indian mathematician, passed away at Chetpet in Madras. |
| 04/26/1924 |
Ramabai Ranade, social reformer, passed away. She played a major role in the upliftment of women in India and founded Sevasadan in Bombay, a hostel for the ladies. |
| 04/26/1926 |
Karachi Autonomous Region established in RSFSR (until 1943). |
| 04/26/1929 |
British fliers make a record nonstop 4,130-mile trip from London to India. |
| 04/26/1945 |
Virinchirpuram Krishnamurthi Ramaswamy, cricketer (Indian Test umpire stood in 1996 World Cup), was born in Madras. |
| 04/26/1946 |
V. K. Ramaswamy, cricket test umpire for 10 tests from 1984-till date, was born at Hyderabad. He has become one of the first Indian Test umpires to be invited to umpire in a foreign country along with P. D. Reporter. |
| 04/26/1952 |
India says U.N. may disintegrate if powers block consideration of issues in small countries. |
| 04/26/1973 |
Judge A.N. Ray became the Chief Justice of India. He helded this office till 28/01/1977. |
| 04/26/1990 |
V. R. P. Menon, an Air Force Engineer, broke the world record in Chandigargh. |
| 04/26/1991 |
Syed Shahabuddin filed nominations for two seats as a candidate of two different parties within 24 hours. |
| 04/26/1992 |
Gyanapith award winner Prof. V.K.Gokak (82) passes away. |
| 04/26/1992 |
Medha Patkar arrested in Gujarat as the third Annual Goldman Environmental Prize of $ 60000 is awarded to her. |
| 04/26/1993 |
Indian Airlines' IC 491 crashes at Aurangabad, killing 55 passengers. |
| 04/26/1995 |
Indian Newspaper Society (INS) calls off stir plans following Government conceding a major demand of the newspaper industry by putting newsprint on the Open General Licence (OGL) and abolish the condition requiring newspapers to buy two tonnes of indigenous newsprint in order to import one tonne. |
| 04/26/1995 |
SAARC decides to launch South Asia Preferential Trade Area (SAPTA). |
| 04/26/1999 |
India's Atanu Lahiri and Bhagyashree Thipsay won the men's and women's titles respectively in the Commonwealth chess championship in Bikaner. |
| 04/26/1999 |
The President dissolves Lok Sabha and orders fresh elections. |
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| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/28/1999 | The Delhi High Court stays TRAI's plan to introduce free incoming calls on mobile phones from November 1. |
| 11/18/1925 | Madhukar Gopal Pathak, noted author and film director, was born. |
| 04/21/1938 | Muhammad Iqbal, famous Urdu poet, passed away. |
| 09/06/1947 | Indian government creates a new ministry of relief and rehabilitation of refugees. |
| 11/20/1998 | V. K. Sharma, chairman and managing director of JVG Group of Companies, who allegedly swindled Rs. 600 crores from investors, is arrested in Mumbai. |
| 08/01/1993 | Dr. K. N. Raju, a Nilakantan protegee, assumes office as NAL's fourth Director. |
| 09/29/1988 | 1988 Nobel Peace Prize for U.N. Peace-Keeping Forces. |
| 02/12/1993 | The baggage rules relaxed further. |
| 07/16/1996 | Narasimha Rao moves Delhi High Court seeking quashing of the summons issued against him by Chief Metropolitan Magistrate in the Lakhubhai Pathak cheating case. |
| 12/31/1961 | 99 Infantry Brigade Group, under Brigadier K S Raja, launched operations in Katanga province and regained full control of Katanga amidst stiff resistance offered by a break away faction (Katangese gendarmerie). |
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