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Historical Event on 4/26/1973
Judge A.N. Ray became the Chief Justice of India. He helded this office till 28/01/1977.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/23/1968 | Bade Gulam Ali Khan, famous ghazal singer, passed away. |
| 11/12/1958 | Satyajit Ray gets the award for best direction at the San Francisco International Film Festival. |
| 4/1/1933 | Indian Air Force was established at Drigh Road in Karachi (now in Pakistan). Subroto Mukherjee and four other officers were inducted as pilots when the first Indian Air Force Squadron was formed. The first aircraft flight joined the Indian Air Force, at that time it possessed a strength of six RAF-trained officers and 19 Havai Sepoys (literally, air soldiers); its aircraft inventory comprised four Westland Wapiti II. A army co-operation biplaned at Drigh Road as the ""A"" Flight nucleus of the planned No.1 (Army Co-operation) Squadron. |
| 7/6/1939 | Manmohan Sood, cricketer (scored 0 & 3 in his only Test for India), was born in Lahore. |
| 1/6/1987 | Jaidev, famous music director, passed away. |
| 12/1/1931 | The Second Round Table conference that began in London ended. Congress was solely represented by Gandhi and Muslim League by Sir Allama Iqbal and Quaid-e-Azam, etc. Two committees were setup to carry out the work of the conference on Federal Structure and Minorities. Gandhi was the member of both committees. He claimed that being the sole representative of the Congress, he represented the whole of India. Quaid-e-Azam replied that Muslims are a separate nation. Sir Shafi demanded that the 14 points of Quaid-e-Azam be incorporated in future constitution. |
| 1/23/1954 | Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad declares that the State of Kashmir is a part of India. |
| 3/18/1991 | West Bengal opts for assembly poll. |
| 9/19/2000 | Karnam Malleswari adds a glorious chapter to Indian sports history at the Sydney International Convention Centre by becoming the first woman to gain an Olympic medal. |
| 11/13/1953 | Richard Nixon, the US Vice President, arrives in New Delhi. |
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