Today in History – November 26| Important Events, Birthdays & Deaths
26 नवंबर इतिहास के पन्नों में – आज के दिन
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- 1885 – पहली बार उल्कापिंड की तस्वीर ली गयी।
- 1932 – महान् क्रिकेटर डॉन ब्रैडमैन ने प्रथम श्रेणी क्रिकेट में दस हजार रन बनाये।
- 1948 – नेशनल कैडेट कोर की स्थापना हुई।
- 1949 – आजाद भारत के संविधान पर संविधान सभा के अध्यक्ष ने हस्ताक्षर किया।
- 1960 – भारत में पहली बार कानपुर एवं लखनऊ के बीच एसटीडी सेवा शुरु हुई।
- 1967 – लिस्बन में बादल फटने से करीब 450 लोग मरे।
- 1984 – इराक एवं अमेरिका ने कूटनीतिक संबंधों को पुन: स्थापित किया।
- 1996 – मंगल ग्रह पर जीवन की संभावनाओं का पता लगाने के लिए अमेरिकी अंतरिक्ष एजेंसी नासा ने अंतरिक्ष यान ‘मार्स ग्लोबल सर्वेयर’ को अंतरिक्ष में भेजा (7 नवम्बर); संयुक्त राष्ट्र सुरक्षा परिषद ने इराक के संदर्भ में ‘आयल फ़ॉर फ़ुड डील’ प्रस्ताव सर्वसम्मति से पारित किया।
- 1997 – पाक सुप्रीम कोर्ट के दो जजों ने मुख्य न्यायाधीश को निलम्बित किया।
- 2001 – नेपाल में 200 माओवादी विद्रोही मारे गये; देश में आपातकाल लागू।
- 2002 – बीबीसी के सर्वेक्षण में विंस्टन चर्चिल महानतम ब्रिटिश नागरिक चुने गये।
- 2006 – इराक बम धमाके में 202 लोगों की जान गई।
- 2008 – भारत के मुंबई नगर में आत्मघाती आतंकवादी हमला हुआ। आतंकवादियों ने ताज होटल में घुसकर अनेक अतिथियों को बंधक बना लिया। इसे भारतीय सेना ने तीन दिनों की कार्यवाई के पश्चात् मुक्त करा लिया।
- 2012 – सीरिया में हवाई हमले में दस बच्चों की मौत, 15 घायल।
26 नवंबर को जन्मे व्यक्ति
- 1952 – मुनव्वर राणा – भारतीय उर्दू कवि थे। उनकी कविता ‘शहदबा’ के लिए 2014 में ‘साहित्य अकादमी पुरस्कार’ मिला था।
- 1944 – विनोद कुमार दुग्गल – भारतीय राज्य मणिपुर तथा मिज़ोरम के राज्यपाल रहे हैं।
- 1917 – बीरेन मित्रा – भारतीय राजनीतिज्ञ तथा उड़ीसा के मुख्यमंत्री रहे थे।
- 1919 – राम शरण शर्मा – भारत के प्रसिद्ध इतिहासकार और शिक्षाविद।
- 1921- वर्गीज कुरियन, प्रसिद्ध उद्योगपति एवं श्वेत क्रांति के जनक
- 1923 – वी. के. मूर्ति – हिन्दी फ़िल्मों के प्रसिद्ध सिनेमेटोग्राफ़र
- 1926 – यशपाल (वैज्ञानिक) – भारत के मशहूर वैज्ञानिक और शिक्षाविद थे।
- 1926- रवि राय, प्रसिद्ध राजनीतिज्ञ, पूर्व लोकसभा अध्यक्ष
- 1881 – नाथूराम प्रेमी – प्रसिद्ध लेखक, कवि, भाषाविद और सम्पादक।
26 नवंबर को हुए निधन
- 2014 – तपन राय चौधरी – प्रसिद्ध इतिहासकार।
- 2008 – हेमंत करकरे – 1982 बैच के आईपीएस अधिकारी और मुम्बई के आतंक विरोधी दस्ते के प्रमुख थे।
- 2008 – विजय सालस्कर – मुंबई पुलिस में सेवारत एक वरिष्ठ पुलिस इंस्पेक्टर और एनकाउंटर स्पेशलिस्ट थे।
November 26 in History – On This Day
- 1885 – The first photograph of a meteorite was taken.
1932 – Legendary cricketer Don Bradman scored ten thousand runs in first-class cricket.
1948 – The National Cadet Corps (NCC) was established.
1949 – The President of the Constituent Assembly signed the Constitution of independent India.
1960 – For the first time in India, STD (Subscriber Trunk Dialing) service was started between Kanpur and Lucknow.
1967 – Around 450 people died due to cloudburst in Lisbon.
1984 – Iraq and the United States re-established diplomatic relations.
1996 – To explore the possibility of life on Mars, NASA launched the spacecraft Mars Global Surveyor (on 7 November); the United Nations Security Council unanimously passed the “Oil for Food Deal” proposal regarding Iraq.
1997 – Two judges of the Pakistan Supreme Court suspended the Chief Justice.
2001 – 200 Maoist rebels were killed in Nepal; emergency was declared in the country.
2002 – In a BBC survey, Winston Churchill was chosen the greatest British citizen.
2006 – 202 people were killed in a bomb blast in Iraq.
2008 – A suicide terrorist attack occurred in Mumbai, India. Terrorists entered the Taj Hotel and held many guests hostage. The Indian Army freed the hotel after three days of operations.
2012 – Ten children were killed and 15 injured in an airstrike in Syria.
Birthdays on 26 November
1952 – Munawwar Rana – Indian Urdu poet. His work Shahdaba received the Sahitya Akademi Award in 2014.
1944 – Vinod Kumar Duggal – Former Governor of the Indian states of Manipur and Mizoram.
1917 – Biren Mitra – Indian politician and former Chief Minister of Odisha.
1919 – Ram Sharan Sharma – Renowned Indian historian and scholar.
1921 – Verghese Kurien – Famous industrialist and the Father of the White Revolution in India.
1923 – V. K. Murthy – Renowned cinematographer of Hindi films.
1926 – Yash Pal (Scientist) – Famous Indian scientist and educationist.
1926 – Ravi Rai – Famous politician and former Speaker of the Lok Sabha.
1881 – Nathuram Premi – Renowned writer, poet, linguist, and editor.
Deaths on 26 November
2014 – Tapan Raychaudhuri – Renowned historian.
2008 – Hemant Karkare – 1982-batch IPS officer and chief of the Mumbai Anti-Terrorism Squad.
2008 – Vijay Salaskar – Senior police inspector in Mumbai Police and a well-known encounter specialist.
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