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Historical Event on 4/26/1999
The President dissolves Lok Sabha and orders fresh elections.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/22/1998 | India's 4x100m quartet of Saraswati Dey, E.B. Shyla, P.T. Usha and Rachita Mistry win gold in the Asian Athletic championships at Fukuoka. |
| 10/10/1927 | Bansilal, leader of Lokdal Party, was born |
| 5/28/1996 | BJP Govt. incapable of assembling a majority after two weeks. A left-wing coalition takes over headed by new prime minister H. D. Deve Gowda, Janata Dal leader and United Front coalition government. He held this office till 12 April 1997. |
| 5/8/1933 | Gandhi starts hunger strike to protest the British repression of untouchables. |
| 2/18/2000 | Pandit Ravi Shankar is selected for this year's Subbarami Reddy Kalapeetham Foundation Award, a life-time achievement award, for his contribution to Indian music. |
| 8/17/1932 | V.S. Naipaul, great Indian writer, was born. |
| 5/6/1952 | Dr. Rajendra Prasad re-elected the President of India ""Rashtrapati"" after the first Presidential election held under the Indian constitution. |
| 7/31/1952 | Bela Mitra, commander of ""Nari Vahini"" and activist of ""Azad Hind Fauj"", passed away. She also worked as partition refugee. |
| 5/13/1994 | Telecom sector opened to private companies under the new national policy announced in Parliament. |
| 2/25/1927 | Balkrishna Buwa Echalkaranjikar, father of `Khyal Gayaki', passed away. |
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