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Historical Event on 1/26/1961

Special stamps dedicated to Mahatma Gandhi in the Champion of Liberty series issued by the United States postal department.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/20/1965First Indian team led by M. S. Kohli ascends the Everest.
1/11/1966Lal Bahadur Shastri was posthumously awarded the ""Bharat Ratna"".
6/10/1966MIG aeroplanes were designed at Nashik.
3/23/1940All India Muslim League passed resolution for the formation of Muslim homeland i.e. Pakistan.
12/10/1945Aust Services lose third Victory Test Cricket to India by 6 wkts.
8/1/2000The Lok Sabha adopts Uttar Pradesh State Reorganisation Bill paving the way for the creation of Uttaranchal the 27th State.
5/23/1997The body of controversial former chief of Tarn Taran district police Ajit Singh Sandhu is recovered from rail tracks near Bhakharpur About 30 km from Chandigarh.
2/2/1986Dalai Lama meets Pope John Paul II in India.
12/10/1918Rowlatt Act introduced by Lord Chelmsford.
2/12/1990The Berlin Wall is taken down February 12. Germany is reunited over the next year. Warsaw Pact is dissolved.