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Historical Event on 9/26/1977
Uday Shankar (Chowdhury), producer and director of dance-based film 'Kalpana', passed away. He was the elder brother of Pandit Ravishankar. His main achievement was the blending of the Indian classical style with the Western Ballet and various folk dances.
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| 9/21/1933 | Annie Besant, great social worker and founder of Home Rule Movement, passed away. |
| 1/19/1997 | Air India triumphs in the National Women's Cricket championship in Calcutta. |
| 4/13/1772 | Warren Hastings, who became the president of their Bengal Council, was appointed in the court of Directors of the East India Company. |
| 10/15/1992 | Talwinder Singh Parmar, the Babbar Khalsa founder who masterminded the Kanishka jumbo explosion of 1985, was shot by security forces in Punjab. |
| 5/16/1926 | Manik Varma, famous singer, was born. |
| 6/23/1927 | All India Radio's broadcasting service started in 1927 by privately owned transmitter at Bombay and Calcutta. |
| 1/11/1991 | Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Morarji Ranchhodji Desai (1896-1995). |
| 12/1/1982 | Pakistan beats India to win hockey gold in the Asian Games. |
| 11/16/1991 | 60 percent of the 23 million voters exercise their franchise in the by-elections to 15 Lok Sahba and 56 Assembly seats in 14 states. |
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