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Historical Event on 2/26/1972

President Varahgiri Venkat Giri inaugurated the Vikram Earth Satellite Station at Wardha near Arvi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/6/1987Establishment of 'Maharashtra Journalist Fund' Trust.
1/6/1993India and Bhutan sign agreement on the giant Sankosh hydro-electric project.
12/26/1925Krishna G. Ginde, great musician and singer, was born.
12/29/1959Durgapur Iron Plant inaugurated.
5/23/1923Nirode Ranjan Chowdhury, Indian cricket pace bowler (1949-52), was born in Calcutta.
10/10/1964Ravi Shankar performs at Town Hall in New York.
2/6/1990Ashok Shandilya of Railways wins National billiards crown.
6/1/1959National Aeronautical Research Laboratory (NARL) set up under CSIR with temporary offices in New Delhi. Dr. P. Nilakantan is appointed NARL's first Director.
3/21/1973Yashwant Ramkrishna Date, great Marathi dictionary creator, passed away.
3/23/1923Hemu Kalani, revolutionary freedom fighter, was born at Sukkur, Sind. He was held for removing of fishplates which caused derailment of British Wagon.