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Historical Event on 9/26/1999
Six selected for Shanti Swaroop award for Science.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/26/1969 | Neil Armstrong, the first men to land on Moon by 'Apollo II ', and Edwin Aldrin came to Bombay. |
| 3/31/1980 | Nirmal Mukherjee, the last Indian Civil Service Officer, retired from service as Cabinet Secretary. |
| 4/30/1996 | Re-polling in 445 stations in six states. |
| 2/9/1994 | Supreme Court sets aside disqualification (under anti-defection law in 1991) of former Goa CM Ravi Naik. |
| 6/8/1998 | Sani Abacha, 54, Nigerian President, died in Abuja of heart attack. |
| 3/19/1907 | Dr. Dilawar Hussain, right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper, was born. |
| 10/28/1997 | Cabinet permits RBI to issue rupee notes of 1000 denomination. |
| 7/13/1988 | Second developmental launch of ASLV. Stretched Rohini Satellite Series (SROSS-2). This carried remote sensing payload of German space agency in addition to Gamma Ray astronomy payload. Could not be placed in orbit. |
| 6/23/1985 | Air India Jumbo Jet Boeing 747 'Kanishka' which was travelling to Mumbai from Montreal crashed into the Atlantic Ocean after explosion near Ireland. 329 people on board died. |
| 7/18/1992 | Kanandevi, famous Bengali actress, passed away. |
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