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Historical Event on 5/26/1983

R. V. Marathe, father of Postal Index, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/5/1956University Grants Commission Act sets up UGC.
9/1/1999Ace athlete Jyotirmoyee Sikdar is awarded the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna; coaches Bahadur Singh, Hargobind Singh (athletics) and Gurbax Singh Sandhu (boxing) the Dronacharya awards during the Arjuna awards function at the Rashtrapati Bhavan, Delhi.
9/19/1937Vishnu Narayan Matkhande passed away.
1/28/1894Anandibai Prabhakar Jayawant, famous Hindi writer, was born at Baroda.
5/10/1985P. N. Bhagawati appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
2/25/1993BJP rally in New Delhi foiled.
7/22/1999J. H. Patel, Karnataka Chief Minister, recommends dissolution of the Assembly and the Governor Khurshid Alam Khan accepts it. Earlier Mr. Patel drops eight Ministers including the Deputy Chief Minister Siddharamiah.
10/12/1961Sureshchandra Banerjee, great politician, died.
1/11/1995Kumari Anandan replaces Vazhapadi K. Ramamurthy as TNCC (I) chief.
3/11/1999Indian Davis Cup player and Asian Games gold medallist Gaurav Natekar announced in Mumbai his retirement from competitive tennis.