HISTORY QUIZ OF THE DAY (Nov-26)

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Nov 26, 1983 :: ROBBERY :: On this day in London, 6800 gold bars worth nearly £26 million were taken away from the Brinks Mat vault at Heathrow Airport.

Nov 26, 1972 :: ARJUN RAMPAL :: Born this day, he is an Indian star.

Nov 26, 1965 :: ASTERIX-1 :: On this day, France launched a Diamant-A rocket with its first satellite, Asterix-1 on board, becoming the to enter space.

Nov 26, 1960 :: TELEPHONE :: On this day, the Subscriber Trunk Dialling (STD) was first introduced in India between the cities of and Kanpur.

Nov 26, 1949 :: CONSTITUTION :: On this day, the Indian adopted India's constitution.

Nov 26, 1947 :: R.K. SHANMUKHAN CHETTY :: On this day, he presented the first of free India to the Legislative Assembly.

Nov 26, 1926 :: VERGHESE KURIEN :: Born this day, he is the man responsible for India's revolution.

Nov 26, 1924 :: JASUBHAI PATEL :: Born this day, he was a former Indian .

Nov 26, 1898 :: KARL ZIEGLER :: Born this day, he was the chemist and a Nobel Prize laurete.

Nov 26, 1847 :: Maria FYODOROVNA :: Born this day, she was the Princess of and Empress of .