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Historical Event on 10/26/1999

Sonia Gandhi, Congress(I) president, visits cyclone-hit areas.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/4/1947San Francisco's Henry Grady chosen the first U.S. ambassador to India.
1/1/1965This year was announced to be observed as the ""Year of International Co-operation"".
11/14/1997N. V. N. Somu, Union Minister of State for Defence and president of The Hindu Office and National Press Employees Union from 1969, died in Army Helicopter crash at Tezpur in Arunachal Pradesh.
5/12/1997Prime Ministers of India and Pakistan agree to set up joint working groups on a range of issues to be identified by Foreign Secretaries.
3/18/1944Subhash Chandra Bose formed Azad Hind Fauz and took control of Kohima-Imphal.
5/26/1926Kankalta, freedom fighter, was born in Bargawadi village at Assam . She was shot when she tried to flur the Indian National Flag in Gopur, Assam.
3/22/1977Janata and its allies gain absolute majority in Lok Sabha.
7/31/1980Muhammad Rafi, famous playback singer, died at the age of 40.
9/8/1993Andhra cabinet reshuffled by dropping four legislators and bringing in 16 new faces.
8/9/1996Sachin Tendulkar, 23, chosen India's cricket captain.