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Historical Event on 2/26/1857
First Indian Revolution called the Sepoy Mutiny ends in a few months with the fall of Delhi and Lucknow which broke out in Berhampore by the 19th Bengal Infantry.
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| 11/6/1996 | India wins Titan's cup beating South Africa in Mumbai. |
| 3/31/1997 | The Bombay Stock Exchange crashes by 300 points. |
| 4/12/1987 | V. P. Singh resigns as Defence Minister of India, K. C. Pant appointed in his place. |
| 1/16/1985 | Balram Jakhar elected Speaker of the Lok Sabha. |
| 2/7/1864 | P. S. S. Iyyer, famous lawyer and educationalist, was born. |
| 1/1/1920 | Seth Darbari Shah, great industrialist, was born in Ikhlas. |
| 1/15/1656 | Chhatrapati Shivaji conquered Javali state. |
| 1/2/2000 | Sarat Chandra Chatterjee, author of timeless classics 'Charitraheen' and 'Grihadaha', chosen novelist of the century in an online poll conducted by a literary magazine. |
| 8/2/1858 | British parliament passed the act to handover the administration of India to British Government from East India Company. After the occasion, the Supreme British ruler in India was called as 'Viceroy'. |
| 11/17/1973 | Mother Pondicherry, greatest teacher and religious leader, died. |
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