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Historical Event on 6/26/1906

M.P. Sivagnanam, famous Tamil writer and social worker, was born at Madras.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/31/1992Delhi beat Tamil Nadu in 1st innings to win cricket Ranji Trophy.
3/10/1969Parliament passed the Act that made Central Industrial Security Force as an Armed Force of the union.
4/13/1772Warren Hastings, who became the president of their Bengal Council, was appointed in the court of Directors of the East India Company.
6/23/1984An Air-India jumbo jet plunged into the Atlantic Ocean near Ireland today, killing all 329 people on board. Indian officials said the crash apparently was caused by a bomb placed aboard the jetliner by a Sikh extremist group as retaliation for an army raid.
9/2/1996Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand beats Garry Kasparov in Rapid Chess tournament in Geneva.
3/28/1916Ramkrishna Pillai, journalist and social reformer, passed away.
1/22/1986Satwant Singh, Balbir Singh and Kehar Singh, all sikhs, were sentenced to death for the assassination of India's Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
7/23/1904The Great Indian Peninsula Railway started First Class restaurant cars on its mail trains.
5/3/1945Hurricane-equipped squadrons played a major role in the Arakan offensive which began in December 1944, disrupting the enemy's lines of communication and constantly harrying the Japanese forces until victory was achieved with the re-occupation of Rangoon.
3/30/1988Tamil Nadu beat Railways by an innings and 144 runs to win Ranji Trophy.