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Historical Event on 10/26/1999
Sonia Gandhi, Congress(I) president, visits cyclone-hit areas.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/29/1612 | Battle at Surat in India; English fleet beats Portuguese. |
| 1/21/1970 | Harivinayak Pataskar, former Central Minister and Governor of Madhya Pradesh, passed away. |
| 4/19/1994 | Rajindersing Sparo, first awardee of `Mahavir Chakra' and former Chief Minister of Punjab Major General, passed away. |
| 8/6/1920 | 'Shakuntala' made by Oriental Film Mfg. Co. was released. |
| 11/16/1860 | First group of Indian worker's reached Natal, South Africa. |
| 5/6/1910 | Edward VII, King of Great Britain and Emperor of India, died suddenly of pneumonia at Buckingham Palace tonight. He ruled Britain for nine years. Power passed immediately to his son George, the Prince of Wales, who will rule as King George V. The 68-year-old monarch's sudden death threw his country into a state of shock. Edward had apparently caught a cold during a visit the past weekend to the wet grounds of his estate at Sandringham. |
| 3/26/1996 | Indian all-rounder Manoj Prabhakar announces retirement from international cricket. |
| 7/16/1929 | Indian Council of Agricultural Research, an autonomous apex national organisation which plans, conducts and promotes research, education, training and transfer of technology for advancement of agriculture and allied sciences, was established. It has 45 Central Research Institutes, 4 National Bureaux, 10 Project Directorates, 30 National Research Centres, 90 All India Co-ordinated Research Projects, 261 Krishi Vigyan Kendras and 8 Trainers Training Centres. |
| 3/19/1954 | The first helicopter S-55 arrived at Bombay by sea. |
| 1/17/1771 | Govind Patwardhan Mirajkar, first Rao of Peshwai, passed away. |
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