Fri Oct 25 23:18:37 UTC 2024: **Summary of Historical Events on 26 October:**

– **1905**: Norway gained independence from Sweden.
– **1934**: All India Village Industry Association was established under the guidance of Mahatma Gandhi.
– **1937**: Renowned musician Hridaynath Mangeshkar was born.
– **1943**: A cholera epidemic in Kolkata led to the death of 2,155 people.
– **1947**: Maharaja Hari Singh agreed to merge Jammu and Kashmir with India.
– **1950**: Mother Teresa founded a charity mission in Kolkata.
– **1951**: Winston Churchill became the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
– **1969**: Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin, the first astronauts to walk on the moon, visited Mumbai.
– **1975**: Egyptian President Anwar Sadat became the first Egyptian president to visit the United States.
– **1976**: Trinidad and Tobago gained independence from Britain.
– **1980**: Israeli President Yitzhak Navon became the first Israeli president to visit Egypt.
– **1981**: Renowned Kannada poet and author Dattatreya Ramachandra Bendre passed away.
– **1994**: A long-awaited peace treaty was signed between Israel and Jordan at the Arava Crossing.
– **1999**: The Supreme Court of India set a 14-year term for life imprisonment.
– **2001**: Japan announced the lifting of sanctions against India and Pakistan.
– **2002**: Weightlifter Jeremy Lalrinunga was born in India.
– **2005**: A decision was made to observe 2006 as the India-China Friendship Year.
– **2006**: An Israeli minister called for an investigation into the Barak deal with India.
– **2007**: NASA’s significant spacecraft Discovery successfully docked at the International Space Station.
– **2012**: Violent clashes in Burma resulted in the deaths of 64 people.
– **2015**: A powerful earthquake in the Hindu Kush mountain range of northeastern Afghanistan killed 398 people and injured 2,536.

These events illustrate significant milestones in global and Indian history that occurred on October 26 across various years.

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