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Historical Event on 3/26/1969
Vikram Rathour, cricketer (Indian Test opening batsman 1996-), was born in Jalandhar.
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| 2/8/1995 | Mulayam Singh wins the crucial vote of strength. |
| 11/12/1762 | Peshwa surrendered in Battle of Alegaon. |
| 3/22/1907 | Perturbed by a new law restricting Asiatic immigrants, Mohandas Gandhi, a young Indian attorney now living in South Africa, organized a campaign of civil disobedience to resist the statute popular bill passed by the new Boer government of the Transvaal Colony. The Asiatic Registration Bill was considered by Gandhi unjust and discriminatory to the large Chinese and Indian populations. However, the government expressed the belief that the ordinance was popular. ""Over 90 percent of the white people thoroughly approve of it,"" said Sir Gilbert Parker, a Conservative member of Parliament. |
| 12/17/1910 | Keki Khursedji Tarapore, cricketer (0-72 in his only Test for India), was born in Bombay. |
| 7/31/1974 | B. S. Chawla was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 15-08-1974. |
| 6/6/1997 | Five killed and 17 injured in a bus explosion in Gurdaspur district of Punjab. |
| 5/5/1977 | Chandra Shekar chosen President of the Janatha Party. |
| 2/14/1985 | Dr. Nagendra Singh elected World Court Chief. |
| 4/14/1998 | Kushabhau Thakre is declared elected BJP president. |
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