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Historical Event on 5/26/1999

IRS-P4(OCEANSAT) with an Ocean Colour Monitor (OCM) and a Multi-frequency Scanning Microwave Radiometer (MSMR) and two small satellites (KITSAT of Korea and TUBSAT of Germany) launched by PSLV-C2.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/13/1943Chintamanrao Deshmukh was first Indian to be appointed Governor of Reserve Bank.
4/24/1965Kosi Barrage inaugurated by King Mahendra of Nepal.
1/18/1995Kumble takes 16-99 in a match for Karnataka vs Kerala.
11/7/1990Lawrence Durrell, great Indian English and author (Mount Olive), passed away at the age of 78.
1/22/1760In the battle at Wandiwash (India), after their victory against the French, the British virtually had no European opponent left in India.
4/15/1963Manoj Prabhakar, cricketer (Indian opening batsman & opening bowler), was born in Ghaziabad.
12/15/1997Magsaysay award winning litterateur Mahasweta Devi, Sitar maestro Annapurna Devi and Rabindra Sangeet exponent Suchitra Mitra honoured with 'Desikottam' by Visva Bharati University.
8/5/1939In the first case to be brought under Prohibition laws, a railroad passenger was today convicted of possessing a bottle of brandy in Bombay.
4/2/1994Ravi Naik sworn in CM.
3/9/1999Rabri Devi is sworn in Chief Minister of Bihar for the second time.