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Historical Event on 1/26/1961

Special stamps dedicated to Mahatma Gandhi in the Champion of Liberty series issued by the United States postal department.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/10/1859General Horsford defeats Begum of Oude & Nana Sahib in Indian mutiny.
5/25/1979Commercial Unity Day started.
10/21/1990Doordarshan starts afternoon news bulletins at 2 p.m. (Hindi) and 3 p.m. (English) of 7.5 minutes duration on week days and 5 minutes on Sundays.
10/21/1943Azad Hind Government was established in Singapore and Netaji Subhashchandra Bose was elected as its national leader.
9/10/1858Manilal Nathubhai Dwivedi, great author and father of modern Gujarati poems, was born.
12/20/1904Virendranarayan Chakravorthy, former Indian Ambassador in England and Governor of Haryana, was born.
7/15/1986India protests against China's intrusion of six to seven km into the Indian territory in Arunachal Pradesh.
11/14/1967Kanakaiya Nayudu Colonel Cottari , cricketer (7 Tests for India in 30's), passed away at Indore.
9/29/1914German cruiser Emden shells Madras.
5/18/1995Criminal Law (Amendment Bill, 1995) introduced in Parliament to replace the 10-year-old controversial TADA Act.