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Historical Event on 5/26/1948
First ever trade agreement with Pakistan.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/3/1995 | Sheila Kaul becomes Governor of Himachal Pradesh, P. Shivshankar of Kerala and V Reghunath Reddy takes additional charge of Sikkim. |
| 2/10/1999 | P. Gopi Chand (A.P.) and Aparna Popat (Karnataka) won the men's and women's singles titles respectively in the National badminton championship in Delhi. |
| 2/15/1951 | Stephen H. Smith, father and pioneer of Indian Aero Philately or air borne mail, passed away. |
| 12/31/1996 | Gold import policy liberalised. |
| 5/4/1854 | The first stamp was officially issued from Calcutta where the first modern post office was established. |
| 6/16/1997 | K. R. Narayanan, Vice-President, is the joint candidate of Congress(I) and United Front for Presidentship in July 14 election. |
| 1/24/1826 | Gnanendra Mohan Tagore, first Indian barrister, was born in Calcutta. |
| 12/5/1931 | Jayant G. Nadkarni, former Admiral of Indian Navy, was born. |
| 1/31/1941 | Second Lieutenant Premindra Singh Bhagat of the Bombay Sappers showed an act of unparalleled bravery and inspiring leadership when commanding a detachment of 21 Field company of the Bombay Sappers on the road to Gondar, in Abyssinia. Hence, The Victoria Cross (VC) was bestowed upon him and he became the first Indian Commissioned Officer receipeant of The Victoria Cross (VC). |
| 4/20/1887 | Padmabhushan Jemini Roy, famous painter, was born. |
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