Year 1552
Guru Amar Das became the third Guru of the Sikhs.
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26 March: What Happened On This Day in History
Curated historical timeline of momentous political pacts, freedom struggle uprisings, constitutional developments, scientific breakthroughs, and prominent birthdays recorded on 26 March.
Observances & Special Days
Independence Day and National Day (Bangladesh),
Year 1812
A strong earthquake in Caracas, Venezuela, destroyed 90 percent of the city and killed at least 20,000 people.
Year 1942
Marriage of Indira Nehru and Feroze Gandhi.
Year 1942
The first female prisoner arrived at the Auschwitz concentration camp.
Year 1971
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman declared East Pakistan as an independent country of Bangladesh.
Year 1972
The first World Sanskrit Conference began at Vigyan Bhavan in New Delhi.
Year 1974
Chipko movement started at Henwalghati in Garhwal under the leadership of Gaura Devi.
Year 1979
Anwar Sadat, Menachem Begin, and Jimmy Carter signed the Israel-Egypt Peace Accord in Washington, D.C.
Year 2000
Vladimir Putin was elected President of Russia.
Year 2013
Establishment of the Tripura High Court.
Born 1874
Robert Frost, an American poet.
Born 1875
Syngman Rhee, the first President of South Korea.
Born 1881
Guccio Gucci, an Italian businessman and fashion designer.
Born 1898
Rudolf Dassler, the German founder of the sportswear company Puma.
Born 1907
Mahadevi Verma, a Hindi poet, freedom fighter, and educationist from India.
Born 1965
Prakash Raj, an Indian film actor.
Born 1973
Larry Page, an American software engineer and co-founder of Google.
Died 1827
Ludwig van Beethoven, a German composer, and pianist.
Died 1932
Henry Leland, an American machinist.
Died 1969
Vikram Rathour, Indian Cricketer
Died 1996
K.K. Hebbar, an Indian artist.
Died 2003
Haren Pandya, the former Home Minister of Gujarat.
Died 2003
Devidas Sadekar, Marathi journalist.
Died 2008
Baburao Bagul, an Indian-Marathi writer.
Died 2012
Manik Godghate, Grace, an Indian poet.