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Historical Event on 4/26/1813
Swati Tirunal Ramavarma, outstanding composer of Carnatic music in Kerala, was born in a royal family of Travancore.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/31/1970 | Indira Gandhi called for international help as the civil war in Bangladesh, or East Pakistan, had turned two million people into refugees. Many of them were suffering from cholera and smallpox. The authorities of West Pakistan refused to care for them, and India couldn't afford to. |
| 12/22/1853 | Saradamoni Devi was born in Jairambati of Hooghly district. |
| 5/7/1849 | Bethune College of Calcutta was established in the upper class families and it was started for female education. |
| 6/22/1917 | Mohy-id-Din Hajini, famous Hindi writer and professor, was born at Kashmir (Hajin). |
| 11/10/1659 | Chhatrapati Shivaji killed Afzal Khan near Pratapgad Fort by a clever but undignified move. |
| 2/7/1795 | Dutch Prince William V accepts British occupation of Dutch Indies. |
| 6/7/1984 | Indian Army troops, sent to Punjab to quell Sikh violence, stormed the Golden Temple in Amritsar, the holiest of Sikh shrines. More than 400 persons were reported killed in the assault at the shrine, including Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale. |
| 2/22/1996 | Indian police charge 14 more politicians in corruption scandal that has already led to resignations from the Prime Minister Narasimha Rao's govt. |
| 2/5/1924 | Gandhiji was released after operated on for appendicitis in Sassoon Hospital, Poona. |
| 4/24/1858 | Kunwar Singh, revolutionary of Indian mutiny and freedom fighter, passed away. He fought his last battle near Jagdishpur, Bihar on April 23, 1858 and defeated the Britishers but was deeply wounded. He also organised the national rebels. |
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