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Historical Event on 1/26/2001

Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Ustad Bismillah Khan.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/18/1941Arjuncharan Srimukh Sethi was born in Odang village in Balasore (now known as Bhadrak) in Orissa.
6/8/1906Syed Nazir Ali, cricketer (bro of Wazir Ali, India's 1st Test 1932), born at Jullunder.
1/12/1924Gandhiji was operated on for appendicitis in Sassoon Hospital, Pune.
9/6/2000Telecom workers launch a nation-wide strike in protest against inadequate safeguards prior to the corporatisation of the department from October 1.
12/4/1661Murad Baksh was executed on the charge of murdering Diwan Ali Nagi.
10/25/1932Pearless' investment company was established.
1/16/1901Mahadeo Govind Ranade, eminent social worker and thinker, passed away.
10/10/1952US mediator Frank Graham told the U.N. Security Council that there was a possibility of war between India and Pakistan over Kashmir.
3/30/1994G-15 summit in New Delhi decides to set up a trade panel.
1/31/1961Dr. Sri Krishna Sinha, first Chief Minister of Bihar, passed away.