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Historical Event on 1/26/2001

Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Ustad Bismillah Khan.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/1/1968Salil Ashok Ankola, cricketer (Indian pace bowler one Test 1989), was born in Solapur.
11/16/1988India gives full recognition to the state of Palestine.
12/11/1987Rajiv Government defeats the first ever no-confidence motion.
5/26/1957Janta Insurance Scheme was inaugurated in Bombay.
3/1/1950The population figure for India is announced as 347,340,000.
4/27/2000Arun Bharat Ram takes over as the president of the Confederation of Indian Industry.
6/6/1997New economic grouping BIST-EC (Bangladesh-India-Sri Lanka-Thailand Economic Cooperation forum) comes into being.
1/2/1948Nehru threatens Indian action to stop Pakistani raids into Kashmir.
1/8/1956Tryambak Sitaram Karkhanis, founder of 'Maharashtra Drama Group' (Maharashtra Natak Mandali), died.
7/9/1996A Delhi court summoned former Prime Minister Narsimha Rao to face trial as an accused in the Lakhubhai Pathak cheating case in which godman Chandraswami was already facing trial.