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Historical Event on 12/26/1947

K.M. Munshi is appointed Govt. of India's agent in Hyderabad State.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/17/1981Central Government offers full statehood to Mizoram.
6/27/1997Surendra Pratap Singh, famous Journalist and former chief editor of Nav Bharat Times Group, died ]at Delhi.
2/19/1992The ruling Congress party wins local elections boycotted by Sikhs in Punjab.
3/12/1969Reactor Research Centre established at Kalpakkam. On 18th December 1985, it was renamed as Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research.
12/11/1971The elite para-commandos and parachute battalions -India's 'Red Devils', as they are affectionately called, have an unsurpassed ethos and elan of their own. 2 Para Battalion executed a superb airborne assault operation at Tangail in East Pakistan, which was the first of its kind in the subcontinent.
2/16/1927Rail service started between India and Nepal.
5/6/1910Edward VII, King of Great Britain and Emperor of India, died suddenly of pneumonia at Buckingham Palace tonight. He ruled Britain for nine years. Power passed immediately to his son George, the Prince of Wales, who will rule as King George V. The 68-year-old monarch's sudden death threw his country into a state of shock. Edward had apparently caught a cold during a visit the past weekend to the wet grounds of his estate at Sandringham.
10/1/1959Hon'ble Judge Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha became the Chief Justice of India. He helded this office till 31/01/1964.
6/19/1991Sudhakar Rao Naik (Cong-I) sworn in as the Maharashtra CM.
7/22/1944Man Mohan Modi Seth , great industrialist, was born at Modinagar, U.P.