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Historical Event on 4/26/1992
Gyanapith award winner Prof. V.K.Gokak (82) passes away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/3/1764 | Mir Kasim, with the backing of Delhi Emperor, attacked on Patna but this weak Emperor was defeated by Britishers. Britishers became the rulers of Bengal, the richest province of India. |
| 12/13/1999 | Dr. V. Kurien gets the Paulos Mar Gregorius Award 1999. |
| 3/11/1689 | Sambhaji, Shivaji's successor, who was captured at Sangameshwar, was assasinated in the prison of Aurangzeb by Mughal officer Muqurab Khan. |
| 9/14/1997 | Fire and explosions devastate terminals and storage tanks at Visakh Refinery of Hindustan Petroleum Corporation. Toll put at 51. |
| 8/30/1983 | Indian National Satellite (INSAT-1B) launched. This was also a multi-purpose communication and meteorology satellite, which served for more than its design life of seven years. It was launched by a US Space Shuttle. |
| 7/20/1990 | GOI notifies restrictions on liberal import policy announced earlier. The restrictions will cut the import bill by about Rs. 1000 crore. |
| 8/15/1955 | Satyagrah started for the freedom of Goa. |
| 2/20/1993 | Government decides to form an Autonomous Council for the tribals within Assam to solve Bodo issue. |
| 4/22/1992 | IAF in response to a recommendation by Secretary General, the Security Council adopted resolution No. 751 (1992) by which it established UNOSOM for handling situation which had deteriorated to an extent where death and destruction forced hundreds of thousands of civilians to flee their homes and causing need for emergency humanitarian assistance. |
| 10/30/1996 | ITC $100 million scam, the country's biggest ever FERA violation case, was unearthed by the Enforcement Directorate. |
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