What Happened on February 26th

Many events happen in our everyday life. Some of those turn out to be significant whereas some are not. We want to remind our readers of those events that came to be historical as time reels.

Events

1991 — Kuwait City got liberated by Gulf War Allies when Iraq President Saddam Hussein ordered withdrawal by Iraq Troops from the city.

Births

1802 — Victor Hugo — a French poet, novelist, and dramatist of the Romantic movement who is considered to be one of the greatest and best-known French writers was born.

1908 — Bengali writer Leela Majumdar was born.

1936 — Nur Mohammad Sheikh, a martyr freedom fighter was born.

Deaths

1980 — Founder of the All India Women's Education Council and one of the leading figures in the Indian independence movement Shyam Mohini Devi died.

1985 — Renowned Bengali literary and journalist Santosh Kumar Ghosh died.