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Historical Event on 2/26/1998

Kalyan Singh wins the ''composite floor test'' in the Assembly, securing 225 votes against the 196 got by Jagadambika Pal.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/18/1803Second Anglo-Maratha war under Sir Arthur Wellesley resulted in a crushing defeat of the Marathas at Assaye. The British Christians captured Delhi and acquired control of large parts of India.
1/11/1986The Naval Dockyard Bombay celebrates its 250th Anniversary.
12/14/199410 IAF personnel of the first batch were reinducted and the last batch left on 20th Dec 94. Cpl Nasir was left as a lying casualty due to injuries sustained in the RPG explosion.
10/20/1963Navjot Singh Bhagwantsingh Sidhu, cricketer (Indian opening batsman), was born in Patiala.
2/16/1992Abbas Musawi, leader of Hezbollah, assassinated.
4/6/1997Gen. Kofi Annan,UN Secretary, arrives in New Delhi for NAM conference.
5/23/19961995-96 deficit touches a new high at Rs.19,855 crore.
6/18/1993The 14th national council of the BJP at Bangalore swears by Hindutva.
3/11/1997Sadhana Mukherjee, a sex-worker from Calcutta, represents India at the first international conference on prostitution beginning in Los Angeles.
2/9/1951The first census of free India of enumeration work was started.