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Historical Event on 4/26/1858

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.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/11/1993Communal violence in Bombay and Ahmedabad spreads; By-elections postponed.
1/24/1999The Orissa police arrest 47 persons in connection with the killing of the Australian missionary.
7/12/1932The 16,000-foot Shyok ice dam in the Himalayas bursts flooding the Indus Valley at Kashmir.
9/30/1992Laurie Baker wins Rs. 25 lakh UN World Habitat award.
1/6/1987Establishment of 'Maharashtra Journalist Fund' Trust.
4/30/1996Re-polling in 445 stations in six states.
6/19/1901Raj Chandra Bose, Indian mathematician and statistician, was born at Hosangabad in Madhya Pradesh. He made many valuable contributions to the subject. He discovered new codes for telecommunication. In 1976, America's highest honour to a scientist came to Bose as he was elected Fellow of the US Academy of Sciences.
4/5/1922Pandita Ramabai, social worker and philosophist, passed away.
9/28/1954137 people were killed when an Express Train fell from a flood-damaged bridge near East of Hydrabad.
1/7/1993C. Subramaniam, Maharashtra Governor, resigns.