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Historical Event on 7/26/1844
Gooroodas Banerjee was born in Calcutta. He was a Judge of Calcutta High Court.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/29/1997 | Anand wins Frankfurt chess classic '97 title in Germany. |
| 6/19/1990 | 13 Sri Lankan Tamils, including EPRLF Secretary General Padmanabha, were shot dead in Madras reportedly by LTTE men. |
| 12/16/1980 | Fisher Wealthy Hornsinger, an American social worker and who worked for Adult Education in India, passed away. |
| 7/17/1930 | Lord Irwin,British Viceroy, allows Indian moderates to visit Gandhi in prison. |
| 9/12/1932 | Vijaya Shriniwas Jahagirdas, famous Marathi story writer and poet, was born. |
| 10/1/1958 | Metric System of weights was introduced in India. |
| 7/21/1906 | W.C. Bonerjee, first President of Indian National Congress, passed away. |
| 7/8/1999 | The bodies of 12 soldiers, who martyred in Kargil battle, were brought to New Delhi. So far 321 soldiers were killed and 476 wounded in operation Vijay. |
| 7/3/1998 | Kavi Pradeep, Hindi film lyricist, is selected for the 1997 Dada Saheb Phalke award. |
| 2/17/1883 | Vasudeo Balvant Phadke, great revolutionary, freedom fighter and social reformer, passed away in prison at Aden. |
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