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Historical Event on 1/26/2001

Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Ustad Bismillah Khan.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/21/1982Nadmuri Tarak Rama Rao forms Telugu Desam Party in Andhra Pradesh.
7/5/1857Baigum Hazrat Mahal again attack on Lucknow.
6/28/1986Union Government sanctions maternity leave for unmarried women employees too.
4/24/199824 persons are killed and 28 injured when some bogies of a goods train break free and roll back to collide with the stationary Manmad-Kacheguda Express at Parli Vaijnath in Maharashtra.
5/27/1910Robert Koch, famous French scientist, passed away.
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.
3/16/1977Sixth General Election of India begins.
1/18/1994A 12-point formula mooted to defuse the ministerial crisis.
8/12/1928The Olympic Games hosted by Amsterdam fully realized Pierre de Coubertin's vision: 'the nations of the world in friendly competition'. After a succession of Olympics dominated by North America and Western Europe, Amsterdam welcomed more than 3,000 competitors.
6/30/2000The Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council adopts a resolution seeking separation from J&K.