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Historical Event on 10/26/1999

Sonia Gandhi, Congress(I) president, visits cyclone-hit areas.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/2/1926Ram Sewak Yadav, social reformer, politician and leader, was born in Tala Village, Uttar Pradesh.
4/9/1965After Indo-Pak conflict of 1965, the Raksha Medal, Samar Seva Star and some others were introduced.
10/17/1997SEBI asks investors to adopt paperless trading through depository.
6/3/1890Khan Abdul Gafar Khan, follower of Mahatma Gandhi, was born.
9/26/1996Deve Gowda, PM, takes oath as Rajya Sabha member. He was the first PM to enter parliament through RS. Indira Gandhi was already a RS member when elected leader in 1966.
5/1/1999India retained the SAFF Coca-Cola football title in Margao, beating Bangladesh in the final.
10/9/1970Production of Uranium 233 started at Bhabha Atomic Research Centre in Bombay.
11/30/1982World premier of Sir Richard Attenborough's 'Gandhi' held in New Delhi.
8/29/1998Sachin Tendulkar receives the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award and Joginder Singh Saini receives the Dronacharya award, while several other leading sporstmen receive Arjuna award from President K.R. Narayanan in Delhi.
2/5/1992Last day of Test Cricket cricket for Dilip Vengsarkar.