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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
1/16/1995India and USA form new trade framework called Indo-US Commercial Alliance and signs contracts worth $ 1.4 b.
1/2/1991Thiruvananthapuram airport declared India's fifth International Airport.
5/8/1996The governing Congress party is routed in Indian elections that have left no party with a clear mandate to govern.
3/13/1878The Vernacular Press Act was passed which subsequently made the Amrita Bazar Patrika of Calcutta an English newspaper.
12/11/1987Rajiv Government defeats the first ever no-confidence motion.
8/10/1930In the 'Gandhi Cap Case' in Guntur, the magistrate prohibits wearing of Gandhi caps within a five-mile radius of the town.
10/25/1995Narsimha Rao, PM, addresses the 50th anniversary session of the UN.
6/3/1915Sir' knighthood was granted to Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore by the British Government.
3/31/1913Foundation stone of 'Gateway of India' was laid by Sir George Sydneham Clerk.
9/29/2000The Appellate Authority of the Industrial and Financial Reconstruction stays the order of the BIFR permitting winding up of Bharat Gold Mines Limited, KGF, Karnataka.