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Events for April 26

26-April-1479	Vallabhacharya, founder of 'Pushthimarg Panth', was born.
26-April-1762	Shyam Shastri, musician and a great artist of India, was born at Tiruvarur.
26-April-1813	Swati Tirunal Ramavarma, outstanding composer of Carnatic music in Kerala, was born in a royal family of Travancore. (April 26, 1813)
26-April-1841	Bombay Gazette begins publishing on silk.
26-April-1895	Guru Baksha Singh, modern Punjabi litterateur was born.
26-April-1908	Judge Sarv Mittra Sikri, Chief Justice of Supreme Court of India, was born.
26-April-1920	Srinivas Ramanujam, famous Indian mathematician, passed away at Chetpet in Madras.
26-April-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.
26-April-1926	Karachi Autonomous Region established in RSFSR (until 1943).
26-April-1929	British fliers make a record nonstop 4,130-mile trip from London to India.
26-April-1945	Virinchirpuram Krishnamurthi Ramaswamy, cricketer (Indian Test umpire stood in 1996 World Cup), was born in Madras.
26-April-1946	V. K. Ramaswamy, cricket test umpire for 10 tests from 1984-till date, was born at Hyderabad. He has become one of the first Indian Test umpires to be invited to umpire in a foreign country along with P. D. Reporter.
26-April-1952	India says U.N. may disintegrate if powers block consideration of issues in small countries.
26-April-1973	Judge A.N. Ray became the Chief Justice of India. He helded this office till 28/01/1977.
26-April-1990	V. R. P. Menon, an Air Force Engineer, broke the world record in Chandigargh.
26-April-1991	Syed Shahabuddin filed nominations for two seats as a candidate of two different parties within 24 hours.
26-April-1992	Gyanapith award winner Prof. V.K.Gokak (82) passes away.
26-April-1992	Medha Patkar arrested in Gujarat as the third Annual Goldman Environmental Prize of $ 60000 is awarded to her.
26-April-1993	Indian Airlines' IC 491 crashes at Aurangabad, killing 55 passengers.
26-April-1995	Indian Newspaper Society (INS) calls off stir plans following Government conceding a major demand of the newspaper industry by putting newsprint on the Open General Licence (OGL) and abolish the condition requiring newspapers to buy two tonnes of indigenous newsprint in order to import one tonne.
26-April-1995	SAARC decides to launch South Asia Preferential Trade Area (SAPTA).
26-April-1999	India's Atanu Lahiri and Bhagyashree Thipsay won the men's and women's titles respectively in the Commonwealth chess championship in Bikaner.
26-April-1999	The President dissolves Lok Sabha and orders fresh elections.