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Historical Event on 10/26/1981

Dattatrey Ramchandra Bendre, Gyanpeet awardee and Kannad poet, died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/14/1919Raghu Karmkar, famous cinephotographer, was born.
3/22/1902Great Britain and Persia agree to link Europe and India by telegraph.
5/31/1997Fourth National Games opened at Bangalore.
6/1/1972Space Commission and Department of Space was set up. Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) brought under Department of Space (DOS).
5/29/1972Prithviraj Kapoor, famous film actor, passed away.
5/30/1887The 7th Battalion of the Mechanised Infantry Regiment was raised as 37 DOGRAS by Lt. Col V. Rivas at Sialkot.
8/17/1882Sir Ram Nath Chopra, noted professor of Pharmacology, was born.
2/19/1992The ruling Congress party wins local elections boycotted by Sikhs in Punjab.
1/22/1967Atomic Energy Center was renamed after Homi Jahangir Bhabha as 'Bhabha Atomic Research Centre' at Trombay, Mumbai.
5/28/1968Bhagwan Gopinathji Bhan, was a mystic saint of early 20th century Kashmir in India. He has been called a ""jivanmukta"" (liberated soul) or ""Aghoreshwar"" and his spiritual state has been described as ""Shambhavi Avastha"" (state of Shiva), died. He was a great devotee of Shiva and Shakti and took intense "Sadhana". His disciples and devotees set up an ashram at Kharyar in Srinagar in his name.