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Historical Event on 12/26/1917
Prabhakar Machve, famous Hindi and Marathi litterateur, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/19/1994 | Aishwarya Rai, selected 'Miss World' at the age of 21 in the beauty contest held at the 44th convention at Sun City, South Africa . |
| 4/5/1987 | The centenary of Bombay Fire Brigade was celebrated. (CIVIC). |
| 9/17/1876 | Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay was born in Debanandpur village. |
| 8/20/1955 | Jawaharlal Nehru breaks off relations with the Portuguese after the invasion of Goa by Indian nationalists. |
| 3/16/1832 | Sarfoji Bhosle, King of Tanjawar, passed away. |
| 12/5/1943 | The Japanese planes attack Calcutta port. |
| 3/30/1977 | Swami Agnivesh merged his 'Bhartiya Aryasabha Party' in Janata Party. |
| 7/15/1903 | Kumaraswamy Kamraj, great freedom fighter, social reformer, political leader and member of the Lok Sabha, was born in a trading family at Virudhunagar in Tamil Nadu. |
| 5/1/1987 | The Bofors Deal. |
| 3/14/1931 | First Indian talkie film 'Alam Ara' released at Majestic Cinema, Bombay. Directed by Ardeshir Irani, the film was 11,152 ft. long and was produced by Imperial Film Co., Bombay and beared censored No. 10043 on March 11. The most remarkable thing about this film was birth of sound in Indian films, it came with a bang and quickly displaced the silent movies and brought revolutionary changes in the whole set up of the industry. |
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