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Historical Event on 2/26/1966
Vinayak Damodar Savarkar ""Veer Savarkar"", great revolutionary freedom fighter, social reformer, politician and writer, passed away at the ripe old age of 83. He was known for the first person to flee by swimming from Port Blair Jail and was associated with right-wing Hindu Mahasabha, started the Abinav Bharat as a secret society of revolutionary terrorists. He was a great Novelist and Poet.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/26/1966	Amir Timur of Timur Lang invaded India with 92 squadrons of horses and 90,000 cavalry and reached the banks of Sindhu river near Atak city (now in Pakistan). He then attacked Delhi because its Muslim Sultanate was too tolerant of Hindu idolatry. A Mongolian follower of Sufism, he was one of the most ruthless of all conquerors. Timur crossed the Indus River at Attock (now in Pakistan) on 24 September 1398.
3/14/1999	Arjun Atwal won the Indian Open Golf in Calcutta.
5/21/1973	Mohan Kumarmangalam, Central Minister, passed away in an air crash near Delhi.
9/13/1965	Pakistanis bomb Bombay.
1/28/1951	Kashmir issue taken up in UN security council.
1/18/1994	Narasimha Rao decides to retain Veerappa Moily as Karnataka CM.
5/12/1930	R. H. Tahiliyani, former Navy Chief of India Admiral, was born.
7/15/1986	Sandhya Agarwal made 190 runs in third Womens Test Cricket setting a new record in England.
9/15/1997	Prasar Bharati Act comes into force seeking to free Doordarshan and Akashvani from government control.
1/6/1832	Publication of 'Darpan' magazine started.

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