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Kargil Victory Day (INDIA)
1745, 26th July: First recorded women’s cricket match at Guildford, England
1788, 26th July: New York became the 11th state of the United States
1847, 26th July: Liberia declared its independence
1856, 26th July: The Hindu Widows’ Remarriage Act, 1856, also Act XV, 1856, enacted on this day, legalized the remarriage of Hindu widows in all jurisdictions of India under East India Company rule
1953, 26th July: Fidel Castro’s failed attack on the Moncada Barracks triggered the Cuban Revolution, known as the July 26 Revolution
1956, 26th July: Egyptian President Gamal Nasser nationalized the Suez Canal after the World Bank refused to finance the construction of the Aswan Dam
1965, 26th July: The Maldives gained total independence from the British
1982, 26th July: Indian film star Amitabh Bachchan got injured filming a fight scene for the movie “Coolie”
1999, 26th July: Kargil conflict officially came to an end The Indian Army announced the complete eviction of Pakistani intruders
2008, 26th July: 21 blasts in Ahmedabad city of Gujarat, India 56 people were killed and over 200 injured in the accident
On this Day Famous Birthdays & Birth Anniversaries on July 26
1856: George Bernard Shaw, an Irish playwright, critic, polemicist, and political activist
1875: Carl Jung, a Swiss psychiatrist, and psychoanalyst
1893: Krishnarao Shankar Pandit, an Indian vocalist of the Gwalior Gharana
1904: Malati Devi Choudhury, an Indian civil rights and freedom activist and Gandhian
1910: B R Panthulu, an Indian film director, producer, and actor
1915: K Pattabhi Jois, an Indian yoga teacher, and Sanskrit scholar
1925: Tyeb Mehta, an Indian painter, sculptor, and filmmaker
1926: Pandit Gopal Krishan Sharma, an exponent of Vichitra Veena
1928: Ibn-e-Safi, a fiction writer, novelist, and poet of Urdu from Pakistan
1967: Jason Statham, an English actor
1972: Jugal Hansraj, an Indian actor, model, producer, writer, author, and director
On this Day Death Anniversaries of famous people on July 26
1891: Rajendralal Mitra, an Orientalist researcher in Bengal and the first president of the Asiatic Society
1980: Ibn-e-Safi, a fiction writer, novelist, and poet of Urdu from Pakistan
2009: Bhaskar Chandavarkar, an Indian sitar player, academic and film and theatre composer
2011: Madhu Sudan Kanungo, an eminent Indian scientist
2013: Obaid Siddiqi, the Founder-Director of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research National Center for Biological Sciences
What happened in India on 26 July
26-July-1614
Jahangir captured Mewar from Rana Amar Singh. A treaty was signed. In the Mughal court, Rana and his son were treated with exceptional courtesy.
26-July-1844
Gooroodas Banerjee was born in Calcutta. He was a Judge of Calcutta High Court.
26-July-1891
Rajendralal Mitra (Raja), famous Bengali ancient researcher, passed away.
26-July-1910
Unrest flares up in the Deccan region of India. Demand grows for self-determination.
26-July-1922
Girilal Jain, famous journalist and editor, was born.
26-July-1923
Mukeshchandra Mathur, famous playback singer, was born.
26-July-1927
Gulabrai Sipahahimalani Ramchand, cricketer (valuable all-rounder in 33 Tests for India), was born in Karachi.
26-July-1933
Gandhiji went back to Sabarmati Ashram after his release from jail.
26-July-1956
Godavarish Mishra, famous Oriya poet, playwright and essay writer, died.
26-July-1975
Anti-government demonstrations held in Gujarat, defying the emergency law prohibiting such demonstrations.
26-July-1991
Indian, UN Observer Mission in El Salvador joined (ONUSAL from Jul 1991 To Apr 1995).
26-July-1991
Tamil Nadu and Karnataka observe bandh over Cauvery water issue.
26-July-1993
Swami Chinmayananda is named 1992 Hindu of the Year for a lifetime of dynamic service to Sanatana Dharma worldwide. He attained ‘mahasamadhi’ on July 26 at age 77.
26-July-1994
Government rejects JPC report on securities scandal.
26-July-2000
The Centre imposes a ban on employing children belowing 14 years as domestic servants by all Government employees in the All India services at the insistence of the NHRC.