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Historical Event on 10/26/1950

Tirumalai Echambadi Srinivasan, cricketer (Indian opening batsman 1981), was born in Madras.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/26/1950Sher Shah defeats Humayun near Buxar at Chausa and becomes emperor of Delhi.
9/12/1965Army fights back heavy Indian tank attacks at Pakistan.
4/6/1980Janata Party splits again; members with RSS links form the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP). A. B. Vajpayee becomes its first President.
4/11/1999Tamil Nadu men, Railways women emerged National Volleyball League champions in Triprayar.
10/16/1994CIA connection to CN Annadurai alleged in book on Seshan, Jayalalitha obtains stay.
10/13/1781A treaty was singed between the Britishers and ruler of Gwalior, Scindia.
7/20/1955Suez Canal nationalised by Gamal Abdul Nassar.
12/16/1867Amy Carmichael, Scotch Irish missionary, was born. She went to India in 1895 under the Zenana Missionary Society, remaining there without furlough until her death 56 years later. An invalid during her last 20 years, she worked to rescue children from the Hindus.
5/16/1975Sikkim High Court was established at Gangtok for Sikkim territory.
5/1/1966Marathi becomes the official language of Maharashtra.