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Historical Event on 4/26/1924
Ramabai Ranade, social reformer, passed away. She played a major role in the upliftment of women in India and founded Sevasadan in Bombay, a hostel for the ladies.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/15/1872 | Sri Aurobindo Man Mohan Ghosh born in Calcutta. He was a renaissance yoga philosopher, freedom fighter and teacher. His 30-volume work discusses the 'superman', a metaphor for the divinely transformed individual soul. He withdrew from the world in 1910 and founded International Ashram in Pondicherry. |
| 5/12/1992 | Security scandal, RBI extends probe to four foreign banks. |
| 10/1/1995 | Hastimal Firodia, astrologer and industrialist, died. |
| 3/23/1995 | Shakti Chattopadhyay, famous poet, passed away. |
| 11/10/1909 | Gandhiji replies to Tolstoy, sends his biography by Doke. |
| 6/29/1893 | Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis, physics, mathematics expert and founder of Indian Statistical Institute, was born at Calcutta. |
| 11/1/1956 | Madhya Pradesh State High Court was established at Jabalpur having its benches in Gwalior and Indore. |
| 4/22/1993 | Air India engineers call off their 56-day-old strike. |
| 7/4/1999 | The Indian Army recaptured Tiger Hill after a 11 hour assault, and hoisted the tricolour atop the 16,500 ft. peak. |
| 5/14/1923 | Narayan Ganesh Chandavarkar, one of the founder members of Indian Congress and social reformer, passed away. |
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