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Historical Event on 8/26/1874

Ishwar Sharan Munshi, politician and philosopher, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/18/1946U.K. Parliament approves British Cabinet mission report on India but Churchill says that the mission went too far in offering India independence outside of the Commonwealth.
1/25/1992Swaran Singh and Vajpayee awarded 'Padma Vibhushan'.
1/1/1894Satyendranath Bose, Professor and famous Indian physics expert, was born, He worked with Albert Einstein for some time.
10/17/1997Prime Minister lays foundation stone of the Science City being set up at Jalandhar, Punjab.
6/6/1997New economic grouping BIST-EC (Bangladesh-India-Sri Lanka-Thailand Economic Cooperation forum) comes into being.
4/6/1906Kaveri Bhaskar Karve, teacher and author, was born at Harnai, Ratnagiri, .
6/11/1946Viceroy interviewed Gandhiji, and mooted proposal of Coalition Government at Centre.
3/4/1858J. P. Walker, British Officer, along with 200 prisoners who were mainly from the Indian Sepoy Mutiny, sailed from Calcutta to start a new settlement in the Andaman Islands.
3/4/1858Francisco de Almeida, Viceroy of Protuguese India, passed away in a battle.
4/12/1997Maharashtra assembly adopts bill banning interviews for admitting students to pre-primary schools.