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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 |
| 1/21/1910 | Ramnath Anandilal Poddar, great industrialist, was born. |
| 4/13/1796 | The first elephant was brought to America from Bengal, India. |
| 9/13/1996 | Lok Pal Bill introduced in Lok Sabha. |
| 5/11/1998 | Three momentous events took place on the day that did the nation proud. Firstly, three underground nuclear tests at Pokhran Range in Rajasthan, which included a hydrogen bomb, were tested; secondly, the successful test firing of the 'Trishul Missile' and thirdly, the maiden Certification test flight of 'Hansa-3', the first-all Composite indigenous two seater aircraft. |
| 6/20/1992 | CPM decides to back Dr. Sharma. |
| 4/24/1932 | 450 people seized by British for defying ban on Indian National Congress. |
| 10/9/1994 | Kamal Bose, great photographer, died. |
| 6/3/1895 | Kavalam Madhava Panikkar, historian and Indian diplomat (Asia & Western Dominance), was born. |
| 9/6/1975 | Dularelal Bhargav, veteran writer, passed away. He was associated with 'Chand' and 'Madhuri' magazines. |
| 5/18/1932 | Hindu-Muslim riots take place in Bombay. 150 are killed or injured. Jinnah - the permanent president of the Muslim league, began to spread the rumors that Muslim minority was in danger under Hindu majority and actively propagated the theory of two separate nations. |
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