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Historical Event on 9/26/1999

Six selected for Shanti Swaroop award for Science.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/1/1903Sen also produced the first publicity films of India--""Jaba Kusum Hair Oil'' and ''Edward's Anti-malaria Specific''. He also filmed the celebrations of the Coronation of King Edward VII at Calcutta.
6/26/1983Five hundred killed or missing as monsoon floods hit the Indian state of Gujarat.
2/14/19674th Parliamentary Lok Sabha Election was held and the election process was completed on 15/02/1967.
4/20/1954Panchsheel agreement between China and India.
7/10/1949Sunil Manohar Gavaskar, great Indian cricket player (opener, 10,122 Test runs), was born in Bombay. He has received Arjun Award (1975) and Padma Bhushan (1980).
3/19/1998E.M.S. Namboodiripad, veteran communist leader of CPM and Kerala's first Chief Minister, passed away in Thiruvananthapuram at the age of 88.
4/19/1998Kottayam in Kerala becomes the first district in India to complete computerisation of the talluk offices connecting them with the district headquarters.
12/21/1993JPC indicts RBI and Finance Ministry in the multi-crore security scam.
1/12/1993Ramakanth Rath, well-known Oriya poet, gets the Saraswathi Samman of Rs.3 lakh.
5/20/1992Third developmental launch of ASLV. Stretched Rohini Satellite Series (SROSS-C). Launched by third developmental flight of ASLV-D3. This carried Gamma Ray astronomy and aeronomy payload.