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Historical Event on 8/26/1874

Ishwar Sharan Munshi, politician and philosopher, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/22/1997At least 40 persons are killed and over 300 injured in an earthquake which hit Jabalpur city.
11/1/1950First Indigenous Steam Engine from Chitranjan Rail Factory railed out.
8/7/1906First Tricoloured National Flag consisting of Green, Yellow and Red, with eight Lotuses on the top, second strip carrying ""Vande Matara"" in Devnagri and the third strip having Sun and Cresent Moon, was hoisted at Green Park in Calcutta by Surendranath Banerjee.
4/8/1994Dr. Wilfred D'Souza re-installed as Goa CM.
1/19/1948India and Pakistan accept U.N. mediation in New York.
1/14/1998Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to M. S. Subbualakshmi (b 1916).
1/23/1978The motto ""Shastra se Shakti"" (Strength though arms) in Hindi written in Devengiri script was approved by the President of India as the motto of the Army Ordnance Corps.The original corps motto of the Ordnance corps was ""Usa Tela Tananti"" found in the arms of the board of Ordnance. This was translated to mean ""To the thunder his arms"". The corps song titled ""Ayudh Corps Mahan"" was introduced for the first time in 4th re-union of the Army Ordnance Corps. The song is to be played or sung ""within unit lines only"", during purely Regimental functions.
4/14/1659Aurangzeb defeated his brother Dara Shukoh to capture the throne of Delhi.
1/22/1973Swami Ramanand Tirth, politician and educationalist, passed away.
6/30/1914Mahatma Gandhi's first arrest during campaigning for Indian rights in S Africa.