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Historical Event on 10/26/1999

India is re-elected to United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/10/1964Gurudutt, famous film actor, died
1/26/2000Mr. K. Vadivel Raj gets the 1999 Kabir Puraskar for rescuing 11 persons of another community during caste violence in September 1998 in a village in Tamil Nadu.
10/26/1943Cholera epidemic killed 2,155 people in the third week of October at Calcutta.
4/13/1994United Arab Emirates lost to India in its first official ODI.
11/29/1991Test Cricket debut of Javagal Srinath vs Australia at Gabba.
7/16/1996The four basin states of Narmada valley - Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra - reach agreement to raise the height of Sardar Sarovar dam in Gujarat to 436' after which hydrological studies will be done for 5 years to decide whether the height should be raised to the awarded 455'.
2/5/1991The last of 1.2 lakh Indians in Kuwait manage to return to India.
1/8/1993FERA restrictions removed, resident Indians allowed to keep as much as $500.
8/1/1955Arun Lal, cricketer (Indian batsman in sixteen Tests 1982-89), was born in Moradabad, U.P.
3/25/1916S. M. Pandit, famous painter, was born.