Check out below about Today in History India 26 March in Indian history or March 26 special day in India. Looking for information about today special day in India? If yes, check out below. On this Special day today 26 March in Indian history, falls the birthdays and death anniversaries of various well-known people of India. You would also find out about events that happened that make it to the list of today special day in India.
Today’s Historical Events on March 26
1552, 26th March: Guru Amar Das became the third Guru of the Sikhs
1812, 26th March: A strong earthquake in Caracas, Venezuela, destroyed 90 percent of the city and killed at least 20,000 people
1942, 26th March: Marriage of Indira Nehru and Feroze Gandhi
1942, 26th March: The first female prisoner arrived at the Auschwitz concentration camp
1971, 26th March: Sheikh Mujibur Rahman declared East Pakistan as an independent country of Bangladesh
1972, 26th March: The first World Sanskrit Conference began at Vigyan Bhavan in New Delhi
1974, 26th March: Chipko movement started at Henwalghati in Garhwal under the leadership of Gaura Devi
1979, 26th March: Anwar Sadat, Menachem Begin, and Jimmy Carter signed the Israel-Egypt Peace Accord in Washington, DC
2000, 26th March: Vladimir Putin was elected President of Russia
2013, 26th March: Establishment of the Tripura High Court
Famous Birthdays & Birth Anniversaries on March 26
1874: Robert Frost, an American poet
1875: Syngman Rhee, the first President of South Korea
1881: Guccio Gucci, an Italian businessman and fashion designer
1898: Rudolf Dassler, the German founder of the sportswear company Puma
1907: Mahadevi Verma, a Hindi poet, freedom fighter, and educationist from India
1965: Prakash Raj, an Indian film actor
1973: Larry Page, an American software engineer and co-founder of Google
Death Anniversaries of famous people on March 26
1827: Ludwig van Beethoven, a German composer, and pianist
1932: Henry Leland, an American machinist
1996: KK Hebbar, an Indian artist
2003: Haren Pandya, the former Home Minister of Gujarat
2008: Baburao Bagul, an Indian-Marathi writer
2012: Manik Godghate, Grace, an Indian poet