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Historical Event on 4/26/1992

Medha Patkar arrested in Gujarat as the third Annual Goldman Environmental Prize of $ 60000 is awarded to her.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/21/1994Malayalam sweeps national film awards. Mammootty, Shobhana best actor and actress; T.V. Chandran best director; Buddadeb Das Gupta's Bengali 'Charachar' adjudged best film.
7/21/1977K.S. Hegde elected Lok Sabha Speaker.
7/4/1922Ghulam Ahmed, cricketer (off-spinner in 22 Tests for India in 1950's), was born in Hyderabad.
10/17/1999Dingko Singh won the bantam weight gold while Services' Ramanand was adjudged the best boxer in the National Boxing championship which concluded in Shimla.
10/16/1952Pakistan's first Test vs India starts at Delhi.
9/14/1992The government allows foreign investors to enter the Indian capital market; incentives offered.
3/20/1991Simultaneous polls in Tamil Nadu.
3/3/1885Congress passes Indian Appropriations Act (Indians wards of fed govt).
5/12/1997Prime Ministers of India and Pakistan agree to set up joint working groups on a range of issues to be identified by Foreign Secretaries.
9/18/1993Asit Sen, famous comedy actor and character artist, died.