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Historical Event on 8/26/1874
Ishwar Sharan Munshi, politician and philosopher, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/26/1874 | Guru Angad Dev, Sikh Guru, passed away. |
| 6/18/1974 | Govinddas Seth, Hindi litterateur and politician, died. |
| 4/15/1947 | The new Indian Parliament appeals for non-violence. |
| 11/16/1908 | Bommi Narsingh Reddy, famous film story writer, was born. |
| 9/1/1915 | Rajindersingh Bedi, Urdu story writer and Hindi film story writer, was born. |
| 4/1/1994 | Five ministers resign from the Wilfred D'souza Government in Goa. |
| 1/26/1950 | India became a Republic within the British Commonwealth and the Indian Air Force dropped its ""Royal"" prefix. At this time, it possessed six fighter squadrons of Spitfires, Vampires and Tempests, operating from Kanpur, Poona, Ambala and Palam, one B-24 bomber squadron, one C-47 Dakota transport squadron, one AOP flight, a communications squadron at Palam and a growing training organisation. |
| 5/28/1968 | Bhagwan Gopinathji Bhan, was a mystic saint of early 20th century Kashmir in India. He has been called a ""jivanmukta"" (liberated soul) or ""Aghoreshwar"" and his spiritual state has been described as ""Shambhavi Avastha"" (state of Shiva), died. He was a great devotee of Shiva and Shakti and took intense "Sadhana". His disciples and devotees set up an ashram at Kharyar in Srinagar in his name. |
| 9/3/1987 | Vishwanathan Anand, 17, becomes India's first and the world's youngest Grandmaster. |
| 9/5/1793 | Mir Kasim lost To Britishers near Rajmahal in battle of Udaynala. |
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