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Historical Event on 1/26/2000

Mr. K. Vadivel Raj gets the 1999 Kabir Puraskar for rescuing 11 persons of another community during caste violence in September 1998 in a village in Tamil Nadu.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/6/1999Paes-Bhupathi bagged their maiden Grand Slam doubles crown, defeating Goran Ivanisevic and Jeff Tarango in the final.
3/2/1994Autonomous Hill Council for Leh set up.
8/27/1604Guru Granth Sahib was established in the Golden Temple of Amritsar.
8/27/1998India's cricket sensation Sachin Tendulkar has an audience with the legendary Sir Don Bradman at the latter's 90th birthday celebrations in Adelaide.
3/6/1915Gandhi and Rabindranath Tagore met for the first time at Shantiniketan.
4/3/1926Muslim-Hindu riots destroy temples, killing 12, wounding 100 in Calcutta.
3/28/1999Pakistan decides to ease visa restrictions for the aged, women and children from India in response to New Delhi's move towards visa relaxation for several categories of Pakistani nationals.
5/25/1996Kathapurushan' wins best film national award.
7/10/1949Sunil Manohar Gavaskar, great Indian cricket player (opener, 10,122 Test runs), was born in Bombay. He has received Arjun Award (1975) and Padma Bhushan (1980).
10/24/1851First official telegraph line was opened between Calcutta and Daimond Harbour spanning 33.8 km.