26th July – What Happened Today In History?

What Happened Today In History?

Find out what happened on 26th July in History. There are a lot many happenings which had taken place on this date in the pages of Indian History, here we have listed some of the very important events occurred on 26th July.
Famous Birthdays in History on this day:

Jugal Hansraj (born 26 July 1972) is an Indian actor and director based at Mumbai. Hansraj started his career as a child artiste in the 1983 film Masoom, which starred Naseeruddin Shah and Shabana Azmi. He served as writer and director for the 2008 computer-animated film Roadside Romeo. Produced jointly by Yash Raj Films and Walt Disney Studios It received negative reviews from critics, but won the National Film Award from the President of India for Best Director (Animation Film), Best Film (Animation Film) and Technical Award for Best Animation.
Mugdha Godse (born 26 July 1986) is an Indian actress who appears in Bollywood films. A former model, Godse was a semi-finalist at the Femina Miss India 2004 competition. She made her acting debut in Madhur Bhandarkar’s 2008 film, Fashion. She was one of the judges in a Marathi reality show, Marathi Paul Padte Pudhe.
Jagdish Natwarlal Bhagwati (born July 26, 1934) is an Indian-American economist and professor of economics and law at Columbia University. He is well known for his research in international trade and for his advocacy of free trade. Bhagwati was born in 1934, into a Gujarati family in Mumbai, then in the Bombay Presidency during the British Raj, and graduated from Sydenham College, Mumbai.
Manpreet Singh Badal (born July 26, 1962) is the leader of the People’s Party of Punjab. He was first elected in 1995 an MLA for the Gidderbaha constitency. Manpreet was born in Sri Muktsar Sahib, Punjab on July 26, 1962. He was born to Gurdas Singh Badal, who was related to current Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal During his college days, he was a keen basketball player.

Death anniversaries on 26th July:

Ibn-e-Safi was the pen name of Asrar Ahmad a best-selling and prolific fiction writer, novelist and poet of Urdu. The word Ibn-e-Safi is an Arabian expression which literally means Son of Safi, where the word Safi means chaste or righteous. He wrote from the 1940s in India, and later Pakistan after the independence of British India in 1947.
Prof. Madhu Sudan Kanungo (April 1, 1927 – July 26, 2011) was an Indian scientist in the field of gerontology and neuroscience as well as a teacher of molecular biology and biochemistry. He is known for his theories on how gene expression changes with age and the role of this phenomenon in ageing. In recognition of his contributions, he was awarded India’s fourth highest civilian award.
Kumari Kanchan Dinkerao Mail (March 16, 1950—July 26, 2004) was an Indian singer best known as part of the husband-wife group Babla & Kanchan. Some of her popular songs are: Kanchan means Gold in Hindi. Kanchan (e.g. Yashodhara B. Kanchan) is also a surname mostly used in the southern part (Mangalore) of India.
Bhaskar Chandavarkar (16 March 1936 – 26 July 2009) was an Indian sitar player, academic and film and theatre composer who worked with directors of Indian cinema, in various languages including Marathi, Hindi, Kannada and Malayalam, Mrinal Sen, Girish Karnad, Aparna Sen and Amol Palekar and was known for his blending of Indian classical and western music.

Notable Events:
1614 – Jahangir captured Mewar from Rana Amar Singh. A treaty was signed. In the Mughal court, Rana and his son were treated with exceptional courtesy.
1844 – Gooroodas Banerjee was born in Calcutta. He was a Judge of Calcutta High Court.
1874 – Rajarshi Shahu Chhatrapati, great revolutionary freedom fighter and social reformer, was born.