Historical Events on March 26.

1.  1552, 26th March: Guru Amar Das became the third Guru of the Sikhs.

2.  1812, 26th March: A strong earthquake in Caracas, Venezuela, destroyed 90 percent of the city and killed at least 20,000 people.

3.  1942, 26th March: Marriage of Indira Nehru and Feroze Gandhi.

4.  1942, 26th March: The first female prisoner arrived at the Auschwitz concentration camp.

5.  1971, 26th March: Sheikh Mujibur Rahman declared East Pakistan as an independent country of Bangladesh.

6.  1972, 26th March: The first World Sanskrit Conference began at Vigyan Bhavan in New Delhi.

7.  1974, 26th March: Chipko movement started at Henwalghati in Garhwal under the leadership of Gaura Devi.

8.  1979, 26th March: Anwar Sadat, Menachem Begin, and Jimmy Carter signed the Israel-Egypt Peace Accord in Washington, D.C.

9.  2000, 26th March: Vladimir Putin was elected President of Russia.

10.  2013, 26th March: Establishment of the Tripura High Court.

Famous Birthdays & Birth Anniversaries on March 26.

1.  1874: Robert Frost, an American poet.

2.  1875: Syngman Rhee, the first President of South Korea.

3.  1881: Guccio Gucci, an Italian businessman and fashion designer. 

4.  1898: Rudolf Dassler, the German founder of the sportswear company Puma.

5.  1907: Mahadevi Verma, a Hindi poet, freedom fighter, and educationist from India.

6.  1965: Prakash Raj, an Indian film actor.

7.  1973: Larry Page, an American software engineer and co-founder of Google.

Death Anniversaries of famous people on March 26.

1.  1827: Ludwig van Beethoven, a German composer, and pianist.

2.  1932: Henry Leland, an American machinist.

3.  1996: K.K. Hebbar, an Indian artist. 

4.  2003: Haren Pandya, the former Home Minister of Gujarat.

5.  2008: Baburao Bagul, an Indian-Marathi writer. 

6.  2012: Manik Godghate, Grace, an Indian poet.

26-March-1918

Vanavihari B.N. Sundara Rao, great author and journalist, was born at Varthur, Bangalore.

26-March-1931

New Delhi replaces Calcutta as capital of British-Indies.

26-March-1938

Laxminath Bezbarua, great littearateur of modern Assamia language, passed away.

26-March-1942

Indira Gandhi, third Prime Minister of India, was married to Feroze Gandhi.

26-March-1969

Romesh Chandra, secretary general of the World Peace Council, receives the Lenin prize.

26-March-1969

Vikram Rathour, cricketer (Indian Test opening batsman 1996-), was born in Jalandhar.

26-March-1972

The first International Sanskrit Conference was held by President V.V Giri.

26-March-1977

Morarji Desai, the new Prime Minister, forms his Cabinet.

26-March-1980

Bombay gets its first rock concert in 10 years (The Police).

26-March-1987

Hyderabad beat Delhi on first innings to win the Ranji Trophy.

26-March-1989

Eighth Antarctica Expedition returns after erecting India's second permanent manned station 'Maitri'.

26-March-1990

Pratap Singh Rane,Goa CM, resigns.

26-March-1990

Sangma Ministry quits in Meghalaya. B. B. Lyngdoh is new CM.

26-March-1990

Maniben Patel, daughter of Sardar Vallabhai Patel, passed away.

26-March-1991

Chautala loses majority after the disqualification of three Janata Dal (S) members. Janata Party merges with Janata Dal (S).

26-March-1992

Accord with Bangladesh on Tin Bigha.

26-March-1992

Rs. 245 crore relief in customs, excise duties announced.

26-March-1993

Surajkund AICC okays dual posts for Narasimha Rao.

26-March-1996

Indian all-rounder Manoj Prabhakar announces retirement from international cricket.

26-March-1996

The 3-day old Hazratbal shrine crisis ends, as the militants holed up in the shrine come out of it.

26-March-1997

Andhra Pradesh Assembly passes a Bill to amend the Prohibition Act, ending the state's 2-year experiment with total prohibition.

26-March-1997

Russia agrees to help India in developing a state-of-the-art integrated air defence system, even as the two agree to carry military cooperation into the 21st century during the visit of Prime Minister Deve Gowda.

26-March-1999

14 tonnes of heavy water leaked into the second unit of the Madras Atomic Power Station (MAPS) at Kalpakkam during an in-service inspection.

26-March-1999

Indian Airlines regained the National hockey men's title in Hyderabad.