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Historical Event on 8/26/1927

Second Radio Centre was started in Calcutta.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/16/1883Pandit Baburao Vishnu Paradkar, eminent Hindi editor and journalist, was born at Varanasi.
11/8/1893Dwaram Venkataswamy Naidu, great musician and professor, was born in Bangalore.
4/7/1934Mahatma Gandhi suspended his campaign of civil disobedience in India.
12/20/1959Jasu Patel takes 9-69 during India vs Australia tour at Kanpur.
7/10/2000Pete Sampras wins his 7th singles Wimbledon title and his 13th Grand Slam title overtaking Roy Emerson's 12 titles.
3/26/1997Andhra Pradesh Assembly passes a Bill to amend the Prohibition Act, ending the state's 2-year experiment with total prohibition.
3/29/1999A massive earthquake in the Garhwal region of Uttar Pradesh in the inner Himalayas claims 85 lives and more than 130 injured.
1/26/1929Indian National Congress proclaims goal for India's independence.
1/18/1999The office of the Board of Control for Cricket in India is ransacked allegedly by Shiv Sainiks protesting agains Pakistan team's tour of India. Shiv Sena denies hand in attack.
6/18/1996CBI arrests Sanjeeva Rao, relative of Narasimha Rao, and Prakash Yadav, son of former Union Minister, in the urea scam.