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Historical Event on 12/26/1947

K.M. Munshi is appointed Govt. of India's agent in Hyderabad State.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/8/1977Bommi Narsing Reddy, famous film story writer and Dadasaheb Phalke awardee, passed away.
8/6/1997Cabinet approves a proposal to amend the Hindu Marriage Act and the Special Marriage Act, with a view to removing epilepsy as a ground for annulling marriage or for declaring marriage as null and void.
8/6/1997Badauni Abdul Kadir, famous Muslim historian, was born.
1/25/1930Mehdi Baqer, great educationist, was born at Faizabad in UP.
2/1/1881Cambridge Missionaries founded St. Stephen's College in Delhi.
2/1/1881Qutubu'd-din Aibak (1206-1210) was crowned at Lahore after the death of Muhammad of Ghuri. He was originally a slave of Turkestan. As he started his career as a slave, the dynasty founded by him in India is known as ""Slave Dynasty"". The construction of Qutabminar was started during his regime. Since he was very generous, the people called him ""Lakh Baksh"".
7/21/1993Jayalalitha ends fast, Centre to set up a committee; Karnataka rejects the proposal.
12/19/1988Umashankar Joshi, Gyanpeeth awardee and Gujrathi poet, died.
1/9/1946Nanalal Dalpatram Kavi, famous Hindi poet, Gujarati litterateur, writer, headmaster and innovator of duel meaning phrases, passed away.
10/25/1997180mw Lower Periyar Hydroelectric Project in Kerala commissioned after 13 long years.