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Historical Event on 4/26/1992

Gyanapith award winner Prof. V.K.Gokak (82) passes away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/16/1945Prahraj Gopalchandra, modern author of Oria language, passed away.
12/19/2000The Government suffers an embarrassing defeat with the Rajya Sabha adopting a motion recording its ""disagreement'' with the Prime Minister for defending three of his Cabinet colleagues charged in the Babri Masjid demolition case.
12/16/1999Likhiram Karve, Madhya Pradesh's Minister for Transport, is hacked to death by naxalites.
1/18/1999Gul Panag (20) from Delhi was crowned Femina Miss India Universe at the Miss India 1999 beauty pageant in Pune.
5/12/1666Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj meet Aurangzeb and was arrested.
7/9/1951India's first Five Year Plan prepared and published. There was the first amendment to the Constitution and the first general elections were held.
10/30/1992India and China decide to continue peace measures and open more points for border trade.
1/24/1966Indira Gandhi becomes Prime Minister of India. She continued in this office till March 24, 1977, after winning the General Elections. She became the only second woman in modern history to head a government.
12/3/1989Mulayam Singh Yadav named UP CM.
10/26/1999Sonia Gandhi, Congress(I) president, visits cyclone-hit areas.