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Historical Event on 5/26/1998

Prof. Jagdish Bhagwati, economist, was awarded the 1998 Freedom Prize of the Max Schmidmeiny Foundation.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/1/1959The Chinese occupy Tibet and Dalai Lama flees to India.
5/13/2000The Union Government gives its approval for the creation of the three new states of Jharkhand, Uttaranchal and Chhattisgarh to be carved out of Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh.
10/14/1994Setu Madhavrao Pagdi, researcher and historian, died.
5/26/1926Kankalta, freedom fighter, was born in Bargawadi village at Assam . She was shot when she tried to flur the Indian National Flag in Gopur, Assam.
7/7/197378 drowned as flash flood sweeped a bus into a river (India).
6/20/1997Second round of Foreign Secretary-level talks between India and Pakistan starts in Islamabad.
7/20/1916Habibur Rehman Ebrahim Chowdhary, cricket Test Umpire for 4 tests from 1959-64, was born at Mumbai.
8/13/1993Rama Rao vows not to return to the house unless the government is ousted.
8/13/1993Akbar won the war near Ahmedabad and captured Gujrat.
5/11/1987President's rule imposed in Punjab.