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Historical Event on 4/26/1841
Bombay Gazette begins publishing on silk.
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| 9/16/1977 | Kesarbai Kerkar, famous classical singer, died in Bombay. |
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| 7/4/1997 | Centre frees from its control nine top public sector undertakings, accounting for over Rs. 10,000 crore profits annually, to become global giants by providing them full financial and operational autonomy. This included newsprint and paper from licensing controls. |
| 3/3/1707 | Shehejade Muajjam declared himself as the successor of Aurangzeb and renamed himself Bahadurshah First. |
| 1/15/1918 | K.C.D. Brahaspati, great poet, playwright and orientalist, was born at Rampur, UP. |
| 2/2/2000 | The Union Information and Broadcasting Ministry clears Ms. Deepa Mehta's film ''Water'' after the director agreed to make some changes in the script. |
| 4/3/1926 | Muslim-Hindu riots destroy temples, killing 12, wounding 100 in Calcutta. |
| 5/14/1993 | Justice V. Ramaswamy decides to resign. |
| 10/16/1999 | Dr. Najma Heptulla, Deputy Chairperson of the Rajya Sabha, is elected president of the 138-nation Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU). |
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