26 March in Hindu history
26 March 1907
Mahadevi Varma born at Farrukhabad
The Chhayavad poet is born at Farrukhabad. Her collection Yama wins the Jnanpith in 1982.
26 March 1974
Gaura Devi’s women save the Reni forest
At Reni in Chamoli, Gaura Devi and the village women hold the trees and stop the contractors’ axemen. The Chipko andolan spreads across the Himalaya.