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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
10/26/1990V. Shantaram, veteran film producer, director and Dadasaheb Phalke awardee, died at the age of 90 years in Bombay.
12/23/1989V. C. Pande was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 11-12-1990.
3/24/1968The second Indian-made rocket 'Menaka' successfully launched at the Thumba station.
11/7/1995Lukose Leelamma at Pune sets record for 10,000m (Women) in 34.33.50.
3/6/1915Gandhi and Rabindranath Tagore met for the first time at Shantiniketan.
8/12/1602Abul Fazal, Akbar's minister, was killed on the instructions of Jahangir.
1/21/1956Strikes and demonstrations held in Bihar and Orissa in protest of the government's intention to revise state boundaries.
9/16/1967Tibetan, Indian and Chinese troops engage in fighting at Natu La pass on the Tibet-Sikkim border.
12/12/1959Dwight D. Eisenhower, American President, came to India.
7/28/1994Uproar in Parliament over the Government's rejection of JPC report.