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Historical Event on 10/26/1999

India is re-elected to United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/12/1996Former Union Minister Kalpanath Rai sent to Tihai jail for allegedly harbouring members of mafia don Dawood Ibrahim's gang.
5/6/1952Dr. Rajendra Prasad re-elected the President of India ""Rashtrapati"" after the first Presidential election held under the Indian constitution.
11/18/1999Three Lashkar-e-Taiba militants, including its Chief Commander, are killed in a fierce encounter with Special Operations Group (SOG) in Jammu and Kashmir.
7/5/2000The Prime Minister rules out restoring pre-1953 status to Jammu and Kashmir.
12/22/1947Dilip Rasiklal Doshi, cricketer (India's main slow lefty post-Bedi), was born in Rajkot.
6/10/1908Mary Clubwala Jadhav, politician and social worker, was born.
6/11/1983Ghanshyam Das Birla, great freedom fighter, social reformer, pioneer of Indian business, industry, and nationalist, died at London at the age of 89.
1/11/1966Gulzarilal Nanda was appointed as the acting Prime Minister of India. He held this position till January 24, 1966.
10/9/1877Utkalmani Pandit Gopabandhu Das, great freedom fighter, social reformer, educationist, poet, author, lawyer of modern Orrisa, was born in Puri District, Orissa.
7/12/1994Vasant (V. P. Sathe), film critic, journalist, publisher and author, passed away.