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Historical Event on 4/26/1992

Medha Patkar arrested in Gujarat as the third Annual Goldman Environmental Prize of $ 60000 is awarded to her.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/3/1916Banaras Hindu University was opened under the guidance of Madan Mohan Malaviya.
8/6/2000Sundararajan Kidambi becomes the new International Master in the Beil Open chess championship at Biel.
3/16/1901Pralhad Balacharya Gajendragadkar, Chief Justice of Supreme Court of India, was born.
9/8/1952The Copyright bill was signed during the first world convention by 35 nations including India at Geneva.
2/16/1994Military Museum established at Ahmadnagar.
10/12/1997Queen Elizebeth II, accompanied by husband Duke of Edinburgh Philips, arrived in New Delhi on a week-long state visit to mark India's 50th anniversary of Independence.
4/10/1919Miss Mercia Sherwood, an English teacher, was assaulted by a mob in Amritsar. Brig. General. R.E.H. Dyer had given instructions to beat her.
3/12/1988Samresh Basu, famous Bengali writer, passed away.
11/29/1928Krishnaji Narayan Aathaly, great Marathi litterateur and editor, passed away.
11/10/1909Gandhiji replies to Tolstoy, sends his biography by Doke.