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Historical Event on 10/26/1891
Padmabhushan Vaikunthbhai Mehta, famous Gandhian leader, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/16/1999 | The second phase of national AIDS programme is launched. |
| 12/10/1967 | Earthquake hit Koyna Nagar. |
| 3/17/1988 | First operational Indian Remote Sensing Satellite (IRS-1A) launched by a Russian Vostok. IRS system under National Natural Resources Management System (NNRMS) coordinated at national level by the Planning Committee of NNRMS (PC-NNRMS) and the data from IRS satellites is processed by the National Remote Sensing Agency, Hyderabad. SI, a US Company, also receives and markets IRS data worldwide under a commercial contract with Antrix Corporation of the Department of Space. |
| 9/19/1996 | India Development Forum pledges $7b. to India. |
| 3/8/1986 | L.K. Advani elected President of BJP. |
| 11/14/1926 | Piloo H. Mody, social reformer, politician and architect, was born at Bombay. |
| 7/31/1914 | Amar Nath Chawla, politician, was born at Taunggri, (Burma). |
| 11/20/1969 | The Union Home Ministry decides to reserve posts for SC\STs in the public sector undertakings. |
| 6/18/1996 | CBI arrests Sanjeeva Rao, relative of Narasimha Rao, and Prakash Yadav, son of former Union Minister, in the urea scam. |
| 4/1/1878 | Calcutta Museum was opened for general public. |
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