May 26: I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it.

On this day, 26 May...

1739 - Afghanistan was separated from the Indian empire as a result of a treaty signed between Mughal Emperor Muhammad Shah and Nadir Shah.

1955 – First ascent of Kangchenjunga (8,586 m.), the third-highest mountain in the world, by a British expedition led by Charles Evans. Joe Brown and George Band reached the summit on May 25, followed by Norman Hardie and Tony Streather the next day.

1993 - The Centre decides to implement the Mandal Commission recommendation to provide 27% reservation for the socially and educationally backward classes in the Central Services from 15th June.

1999 - India blasts its way into the global satellite launch vehicle market with the PSLV-C2 deploying two foreign satellites besides the Indian remote sensing satellite, IRS-P4.

2009 – North Korea allegedly tests its second nuclear device. Following the nuclear test, Pyongyang also conducted several missile tests building tensions in the international community.

Born

1899 - Nazrul Islam, revolutionary and Bengali poet.

1907 – Mahadevi Varma, writer.

1954 – Murali, actor, producer, and politician.

RIP

1908 - Mirzā Ghulām Ahmad, was an Indian religious leader and the founder of the Ahmadiyya Movement in Islam. He was born in Qadian near Gurdaspur and his followers are also known as Qadianis.

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