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Historical Event on 1/26/1995

Three powerful bombs rip through a celebration at a sports stadium in Kashmir as the State Governor addresses the crowd;7 people killed and 47 injured.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/30/1974Opening of the fifth Indian Film Festival. It was presided over by Satyajit Ray at New Delhi.
11/18/1772Madhav Rao Peshwa (the 4th peshwa ruler) died at the age of 28. Narayanrao succeeded him.
11/13/1999A woman commits 'sati' in Satpura village in Mohaba district of Uttar Pradesh
2/3/1921The Evens Report on Indian Cinema 1921' was tabled before the Govt. on February 3.
6/15/1969Dr. Darashaw Nosherwan Wadia, great pioneer in Indian Geology and professor in development of geo-scientific research in the country, passed away at New Delhi at the age of 86.
5/19/1911K.N. Vaswani, educationist and Journalist, was born at Hyderabad, Sind.
7/10/1992SROSS-C placed in orbit. Indian National Satellite (INSAT-2A), first indigenously-built satellite of second-generation INSAT series launched from Kourore. This is more operational multi-purpose communication and enhanced meteorology satellite. It is still in service.
1/19/1839Aden conquered by British East India Company.
2/4/1976Lok Sabha's life extended by one year.
3/23/2000Udham Singh (72), hockey legend, died at his home town in Sansarpur (near Jalandhar).