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Historical Event on 4/26/1999
India's Atanu Lahiri and Bhagyashree Thipsay won the men's and women's titles respectively in the Commonwealth chess championship in Bikaner.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/18/1989 | India and Pakistan decide to end the five-year-old confrontation in Siachen Glacier area by redeploying their forces. |
| 1/3/1987 | Arvind Deshpande, famous actor, died. |
| 1/27/1987 | P. T. Usha nominated the Asian Athlete of 1986 by the US Sports Academy (USA). |
| 7/2/1999 | Sahara India, sponsor of the Sahara Cup annual cricket series between India and Pakistan in Canada, withdrew sponsorship in view of the Kargil conflict. |
| 5/13/1952 | Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru again becomes the Prime Minister of India and forms a new union ministry. |
| 8/25/1965 | Indian troops cross the Kashmir ceasefire line pursuing Pakistani infiltrators. |
| 12/29/1953 | The States Reorganisation Commission. |
| 12/12/1925 | Dattatreya Gajanan Phadkar alias ""Dattu"" Phadkar, cricketer (pace bowler all-rounder for India), Kolhapur, Maharastra, was born. |
| 5/31/1997 | Fourth National Games opened at Bangalore. |
| 12/23/1983 | Micheal Chopra, Soccer(Football) player, was born in Newcastle, England. |
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