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Historical Event on 5/26/1998

S. Chandrasekar, scientist, was selected for the Niels Bohr-UNESCO gold medal.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/19/1990Planning Commission decides to make changes in the Gadgil formula for central assistance to States in consultation with states.
7/23/1904The Great Indian Peninsula Railway started First Class restaurant cars on its mail trains.
12/24/1984Eigth General Elections of India began .
12/22/1866Mazharul Haque, great social reformer, nationalist, journalist, poet, writer and politician, was born at Bahpura, Bihar.
1/18/1932Shyam Nandan Kishore, great educationist, was born at Muzaffarpur.
10/25/1999Pramod Mahajan, Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, says, ""No objection to Bofors discussion.
4/2/2000Guru Granth Sahib is a juristic person and can hold property, says the apex court in a judgment of ''far-reaching consequences and great significance''.
9/10/1976An Indian Airlines Boeing 737 aeroplane was hijacked for the second time and taken to Lahore, Pakistan.
6/2/1965The second of 2 cyclones in less than a month kills 35,000 (Ganges R India).
3/31/1992The PM to look after foreign affairs.