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Learn about the importance of January 26. Major historical events on this day in India. Famous Birthdays and death anniversaries on 26th January.
Awards & Honours given to the people of India on this day
- 2019 - Padma Shri awarded to Actress Kangana Ranaut, Boxer Mary Kom, TV serial director Ekta Kapoor, Actor/Director Karan Johar, Singer Adnan Sami, Cricketer Zaheer Khan, Mathematician Vashishth Narayan Singh, Singer Suresh Wadkar
- 2019 - Padma Vibhushan awarded to Arun Jaitley, Sushma Swaraj, George Fernandes
- 2019 - Padma Bhushan awarded to Billionaire Anand Mahindra, Former defence minister Manohar Parrikar, PV Sindhu, Venu Srinivasan
Celebrations/Observations on 26th January
- Republic Day
26th January in the history of India
- 2023 - India got its first-ever intranasal vaccine iNNOVACC, manufactured by Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech.
- 2001 – The 7.7 Mw Gujarat earthquake shakes Western India with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme), leaving 13,805–20,023 dead and about 166,800 injured.
- 1965 – Hindi becomes the official language of India.
- 1950 – The Constitution of India comes into force, forming a republic. Rajendra Prasad is sworn in as the first President of India. Observed as Republic Day in India.
- 1930 – The Indian National Congress declares 26 January as Independence Day or the day for Poorna Swaraj ("Complete Independence") which occurred 17 years later.
- 1565 – Battle of Talikota, fought between the Vijayanagara Empire and the Deccan sultanates, leads to the subjugation, and eventual destruction of the last Hindu kingdom in India, and the consolidation of Islamic rule over much of the Indian subcontinent.
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Death Anniversaries on 26th January
- 1831 – Sangolli Rayanna, Indian soldier (born: 1798)
- 1887 – Anandi Gopal Joshi, One of the first female Indian physicians (born: 1865)
- 2013 – Padma Kant Shukla, Indian physicist and academic (born: 1950)
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