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Historical Event on 1/26/1982

Meera Behn (Medlin Slade) freedom fighter, and Gandhin by thought awarded 'Padma Vibhushan'.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/28/1968Bhagwan Gopinathji Bhan, was a mystic saint of early 20th century Kashmir in India. He has been called a ""jivanmukta"" (liberated soul) or ""Aghoreshwar"" and his spiritual state has been described as ""Shambhavi Avastha"" (state of Shiva), died. He was a great devotee of Shiva and Shakti and took intense "Sadhana". His disciples and devotees set up an ashram at Kharyar in Srinagar in his name.
11/11/1675Aurangzeb executes Sikh Guru Tegh Bahadur thus beginning the Sikh-Muslim feud that continues to this day.
7/1/1982MGR inaugurates Tamil Nadu's noon meal programme for poor children.
7/10/1909Gandhiji arrives in London with the assistance of Lord Ampthill and works ceaselessly to educate influential British leaders and the public, and also to move Imperial authorities.
5/29/1658Dara Shukoh was utterly defeated by Aurangzeb in the battle of Samugarh near Agra.
11/1/1967Old Punjab, after first partition in 1947, was again seperated into two new states of Punjab and Haryana on linguistic basis, and Chandigarh became a Union Territory.
3/30/1994Bombay beat Bengal by 8 wickets to win Cricket's Ranji Trophy.
11/5/1950Faiyaj Khan, famous singer of Indian classical music, died.
5/25/1941Sagarmal Gopa, a devoted patriot and freedom fighter, was arrested in Jaisalmer. He wrote two books ""Jaisalmer Rajya ka Gunda Shasan"" and ""Raghunath Singh Ka Mukadma"" for which he was prohibited to enter in Jaisalmer.
4/4/1987Agney, famous Hindi litterateur and Gyanpeeth Award winning poet, passed away.