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Historical Event on 8/26/1967
Dilawar Hussain, cricketer (Indian wicket-keeper in the 1930's), passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/29/1962 | China attacked India. |
| 12/4/1920 | Michael Bates, actor (Clockwork Orange, Patton), was born in Jhansi, India. |
| 6/9/1752 | French army surrenders to the English in Trichinopoly, India. |
| 1/22/1989 | DMK swept to power in Tamil Nadu Assembly election. |
| 4/5/1940 | Charles Freer Andrews, a Christian Missionary, died in Calcutta. He is also referred as ""Deenabandhu Andrews"". |
| 2/26/1858 | Diwan Maniram and Piali Barua were hanged. (Grandson of Purandara Simha, the last Ahom king of Assam). |
| 1/1/1931 | Gopi Chand Narang, great educationist and Urdu scholar, was born at Dukki. |
| 7/6/1944 | Mahatama Gandhi was for the first time addressed as 'Father of Nation'. |
| 10/31/1994 | 26 die as cyclone lashes Tamil Nadu. |
| 10/23/1959 | Chinese military confrontation with India in Aksai Chin killed 17 Indian soldiers in a clash on the Kashmir border. |
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