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Historical Event on 1/26/1950

Government of India accepted the National Emblem. It consisted of Head of Lion which is taken from Ashok piller situated near Sarnath.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/21/1997First group of bank documents relating to Bofors case handed over to Indian Government.
2/6/1998V. V. S. Laxman scores 301* for Hyderabad against Bihar.
3/16/1993Central government introduces pension scheme for 170 million EPF subscribers.
3/16/1993Vasco De Gama, Portuguese navigator who discovered India, died in Cochin.
3/21/1998Jaswant Singh is appointed Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission after the resignation of Prof. Madhu Dandavate.
9/29/1907Labour MP James Keir Hardie accuses UK of running India 'like the Czar runs Russia'
4/17/1996Sheila Kaul, H.P. Governor, indicted in house allotment scandal, should be removed from her post, says Supreme Court.
1/23/199750,000 miners in Orissa lose jobs as 57 mines are closed down.
5/7/1991Haryana beat Bombay in the cricket Ranji Trophy final by 2 runs.
11/2/1841Akbar Khan revolts against Shah Shuja in Afghanistan.