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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
4/28/1848Utkal Gourab Madhusudan Das was born in Calcutta district in Orissa.
11/20/1942Attri Devi, freedom fighter, was arrested for further six months. She was earlier arrested for personal satyagraha and to hoist the national flag in Delhi Central Jail on January 26.
2/15/1924Mahinder Singh, social worker, was born at Amritsar.
8/2/1935The British pass Govt. of India Act, separating Burma, Aden from India.
3/7/1996Union Cabinet clears decks for extending benefits of reservation to Dalit Christians.
10/1/1992Broadcasting of Zee TV started.
1/31/1994Milind Desai, 12, the youngest editor in Gujarati journalism, died of leukemia.
3/1/1978Justice Y. Y. Chandrachud is sworn in as the Chief Justice of India.
2/24/1957General Election ( 2nd) of India begins.
10/6/1985P.T. Usha sets record for 400m (Women) in 51.61 seconds at Canberra .