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Historical Event on 1/26/1995

Dr. Nelson Mandela attends India's 46th Republic Day celebration as national guest.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/23/2000Indian journalist Palagummi Sainath gets Amnesty International Global award for human rights journalism..
1/19/1997Air India triumphs in the National Women's Cricket championship in Calcutta.
5/1/1987The Bofors Deal.
11/3/1908Shreyansprasad Jain, famous industrialist, was born.
6/10/1832Edwin Arnold, English writer (Light of India), was born.
11/1/1950First Indigenous Steam Engine from Chitranjan Rail Factory railed out.
11/1/1950Alauddin Khalji conquered the throne of Delhi. In July declared himself as the Sultan.
8/30/1983Indian National Satellite (INSAT-1B) launched. This was also a multi-purpose communication and meteorology satellite, which served for more than its design life of seven years. It was launched by a US Space Shuttle.
12/3/1884Dr. Rajendra Prasad, first President of India, was born in Jeradei village of Bihar.
1/15/1919Ahmed Mohammad Mamsa, cricket Test Umpire for 6 tests from 1963-73, was born at Mumbai.