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Historical Event on 4/26/1990

V. R. P. Menon, an Air Force Engineer, broke the world record in Chandigargh.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/20/1917Declaration of historic 'Mongegue'.
6/17/1995Motilal Vohra, UP Governor, sets agenda for a two-day special session of the UP Assembly asking the speaker to take up a motion against self first.
1/5/1998Laloo Yadav, RJD president, and BSP chief Kanshi Ram launch a seven-party ""Jan Morcha"".
3/10/1991The Army Dental Corps celebrates its Golden Jubilee and proudly recounts its past glory.
10/16/1990Om Shivpuri, famous film and theatre artist, died.
9/21/2000J.W. Singh, suspended Mumbai High Court judge facing charges of extortion in nexus with the underworld, dismissed from judicial service.
10/19/1910Subrahamanyam Chandrasekhar was born in Lahore. He was one of the world's leading astrophysicists. For his contributions to the study of stars, Chandrasekhar had received the highest award in Science, the Noble Prize in Physics in 1983.
9/28/1837Bahadur Shah-II ascended the throne and became the emperor of Delhi at the age of 62 following the death of his father Akbar Shah-II.
7/5/1947Indian Act, 1947 was presented in British Parliament, which was then accepted by the emperor on 18th July.
8/1/1962Establishment of Maharashtra State Industrial Development Corporation.