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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
11/20/1955Polly Umrigar scores India's first Test double century, 223 vs NZ.
12/11/1926Kamala Kant Pandey was born at Varanasi. He was the first Indian agriculture graduate to win the London Exhibition Scholarship. He was elected fellow of the Linnean Society of London in 1966. In 1975, he made the discovery of a ""revolutionary technique in plant breeding
7/2/1999The Indian Army launches a three pronged attack on Kargil. India is firm on Pakistan pullout from the area.
6/10/1946Gandhiji refused to enthuse over allied victory as it was not a ""victory of truth over false-hood"".
5/8/1910Tolstoy replies to Gandhiji that question of Passive Resistance is of greatest importance, not only for India but for humanity.
10/25/1951First General Election of India begins.
8/1/1879Achyut Balwant Kolhatkar, famous litterateur and journalist, was born.
7/11/1998Indians bag a silver and a bronze at the International Physics Olympiad in Reykjavik.
3/26/1992Accord with Bangladesh on Tin Bigha.
10/17/1995BJP withdraws support to Mayavati Government in Uttar Pradesh. UP Governor Motilal Vohra accepts the resignation of Mayawati and her cabinet but asks her to continue as caretaker government. BJP's top brass takes the final decision to break with the BSP.