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Historical Event on 10/26/1943

Cholera epidemic killed 2,155 people in the third week of October at Calcutta.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/3/1967Rasiklal Das, great revolutionary, died.
1/22/1990The International Literacy Campaign was launced in the country by the Prime Minister at a national function held at New Delhi. (8-9-90).
4/8/1950Nehru and Ali Khan sign the Indo-Pakistani Pact.
7/24/2000The trial in the Rs. 133 crore urea scam resumes after about one year in the special court for CBI cases in New Delhi.
7/29/1995Anup Jalota, famous Bhajan and Ghazal singer, was born.
9/22/1992Harshad Mehta released after 110 days in jail.
10/29/1971Cyclone and tidal waves struck Orissa state claiming 10,000 lives.
9/16/2000In an important pronouncement, the Rajasthan High Court declares Jains as a religious minority community and allows teaching institutions set up by them to enjoy minority status under Articles 29 and 30 of the Constitution.
3/17/1920Mujiburr Rahman, the first Prime Minister of Bangladesh, was born in Tungipara now in Bangladesh.
8/20/1885First meeting of the Indian National Congress held.