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Historical Event on 4/26/1992
Medha Patkar arrested in Gujarat as the third Annual Goldman Environmental Prize of $ 60000 is awarded to her.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/9/1710 | Reynier de Klerk, governor-general of Dutch-Indies, baptized. |
| 7/31/1980 | Muhammad Rafi, famous playback singer, died at the age of 40. |
| 8/14/1896 | Gandhiji published ""The Green Pamphlet"" at Rajkot and then toured to Bombay, Madras, Poona and Calcutta educating Indians in regard to grievances of South African Indians. |
| 8/19/1993 | Y. D. Lokurkar, senior journalist, died. |
| 7/1/1999 | K. N. Singh (70), former Union Minister and senior Congress leader, died in Lucknow. |
| 2/11/1993 | Centre bans BJP rally in the capital on February 25. |
| 4/16/1966 | Nandlal Bose, who established modern painting in Bengal, passed away. |
| 10/2/1998 | Santanu Deb Barma of Tripura was chosen for Kabir Puraskar for her role in preventing violence and riots in some areas of the state in 1997. |
| 5/6/1952 | Maria Montessori, pioneer in mordern education, who spent almost 10 years in India, died in Noordwijk aan Zee. The principles and techiques advocated by her are also applied to the education of handicapped children and adult education. |
| 8/10/1994 | President's rule in J&K extended for another 6 months beginning 3rd Sept. |
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