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Historical Event on 2/26/1857

First Indian Revolution called the Sepoy Mutiny ends in a few months with the fall of Delhi and Lucknow which broke out in Berhampore by the 19th Bengal Infantry.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/18/1945Bhagwat Subramaniam Chandrasekhar, cricketer (brilliant Indian leggie 1964-79), was born in Banglore. He received Arjun Award and Padmashree awards in 1972.
1/11/1955Production of Newsprint paper factory started for the first time in India.
9/16/2000In an important pronouncement, the Rajasthan High Court declares Jains as a religious minority community and allows teaching institutions set up by them to enjoy minority status under Articles 29 and 30 of the Constitution.
4/1/1986Delhi beat Haryana by innings and 141 runs to win the Ranji Trophy.
11/3/1933Amartya Kumar Sen, economist, was born at Santiniketan (Bangal).
4/6/1664Abraham Shipmen died without taking charge of Bombay Islands from Portuguese.
2/2/1953All India Khadi and Village Industries Board started in New Delhi.
8/10/1988Ramakrishna Hegde resigns as CM of Karnataka on moral grounds in connection with phone tapping issue.
1/6/1992Sachin Tendulkar completes 148* vs Australia at the SCG.
10/27/2000The Vajpayee Government 'clears' the names of Surjit Singh Barnala, Prabhat Kumar and Dinanath Tiwari for appointment as the Governors of the new States of Uttaranchal, Jharkhand and Chhatisgarh respectively.