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Historical Event on 4/26/1999
India's Atanu Lahiri and Bhagyashree Thipsay won the men's and women's titles respectively in the Commonwealth chess championship in Bikaner.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/2/1910 | D. Arkasomayaji, educationist, was born at Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh. |
| 4/24/1959 | Nehru meets the exiled Dalai Lama in Mussoorie. |
| 11/9/1967 | Bhartiya Kranti Dal, a new political party founded. |
| 12/25/1926 | Dharmavir Bharti, journalist and editor of Dharmyug, was born. His famous books are ""Gunahon Ka Devta"" and ""Suraj Ka Satwa Ghoda"". |
| 2/22/1997 | Jockey Mark Gallagher shot at and injured in Bangalore. |
| 7/28/1872 | Albert P Sarraut, French Governor General of Indo-China (1911..19)/PM (1933/36), was born. |
| 10/28/1999 | Insurance Bill is introduced amid protest in the Lok Sabha. |
| 11/18/1937 | Rajinder Pal, cricketer (pace bowler in one Test India v Eng, 0-22), was born in Delhi. |
| 11/18/1937 | Sheikh Mirza, chieftain of a small state of Ferghana, was born in Turkmenistan. |
| 10/2/2000 | Mukesh Kumar, India hockey player, retires from international hockey. |
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