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Historical Event on 9/26/1985
P.T. Usha sets record for 100m (Women) in 11.39 seconds at Jakarta.
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| 2/22/1997 | India, Turkmenistan and Iran sign transit agreement. |
| 12/5/1935 | Bipinchandra Joshi, chief of Indian Army general, was born. |
| 2/1/1942 | No. 4 Squadron of the IAF was born in the war at Peshawar. The Squadron was first equipped with Lysander aircraft. The Second World War was in its third year and Japanese forces were advancing towards India's eastern frontiers. |
| 6/5/1882 | Cyclonic Storm & floods in Arabian Sea hit Bombay. About 100,000 people drowned. |
| 11/13/1998 | Tendulkar blazes as India wins the Coca Cola Cup at Sharjah beating Zimbabwe in the final. |
| 8/18/1956 | Sandeep Madhusudan Patil, great Indian batsman, was born in Bombay. |
| 5/17/1927 | A.N. Radhakrishnan, great educationist, was born. |
| 11/7/1862 | Bahadurshah Jafar -II died at Rangoon in British prision. |
| 9/18/1803 | Second Anglo-Maratha war under Sir Arthur Wellesley resulted in a crushing defeat of the Marathas at Assaye. The British Christians captured Delhi and acquired control of large parts of India. |
| 1/3/1987 | Arvind Deshpande, famous actor, died. |
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