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Historical Event on 2/26/1975

Bhanubhai Shah established the first kite museum of India called 'Shankar Kendara' in Ahmedabad.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/12/1997Bar Council of India debars full-time law teachers from practising as lawyers.
9/20/1999Shobha Subrahmanyam, managing director of the Ananda Bazaar Patrika Group of publications, was elected President of the Indian Newspaper Society for 1999-2000.
9/5/1918Ratanji Jamshetji Tata, famous Indian industrialist and social reformer, died.
9/15/1992Price of petrol, diesel and cooking gas hiked.
9/3/1984Air Chief Marshal Dilbagh Singh PVSM, AVSM, VM, retired as the Air Officer Commanding, India Command.
6/6/1891Vanktesh Iyengar Masti, famous Kannad poet, story writer, novelist, playwright and critic, was born.
10/12/1921Jayant Shridhar Tilak, great journalist, was born at Poona.
3/4/1879Bethune' College of Calcutta was established as the pioneer of women s college education in India.
4/11/1906K.V. Jagannathan, great Hindi writer and journalist, was born at Krishnarayapuram,Tamil Nadu.
5/17/1957Nehru, who went to Ceylon to celebrate the 2,500th anniversary of the founding of Buddhism, calls for an end to nuclear tests.