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Historical Event on 4/26/1992
Gyanapith award winner Prof. V.K.Gokak (82) passes away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/28/1975 | Netherlands gives independence to Dutch Guyana, which becomes Suriname; one third of Hindus (descendants of Indian plantation workers) emigrate to Netherlands for better social and economic conditions. |
| 9/9/1999 | Mr. V. Sudarshan, Foreign Editor of The Pioneer till recently gets the Appan Menon Award. |
| 6/4/1993 | L K Advani unanimously elected President of BJP. |
| 10/1/1967 | Indian Tourist Development Corporation Limited established. |
| 12/26/1921 | Nurul. S. Hasan, educationist and statesman, was born at Lucknow (U.P). |
| 6/27/1966 | D. S. Joshi was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 31-12-1968. |
| 5/12/1987 | Britain's HMS Hermes becomes Indian Navy's second aircraft carrier named INS Viraat. |
| 1/29/1997 | Fire engulfs most of the three top floors of the Express Towers, skyrise building owned by Indian Express group in Mumbai. |
| 4/12/1991 | Lok Sabha elections announced for May 20, 23, 26; Punjab Assam, J&K polls deferred. |
| 12/16/1971 | Bangladesh was formed. President Yahya Khan of Pakistan changed his position dramatically and announced he would accept a ceasefire with India. After his forces in East Pakistan surrendered unconditionally, Yahya Khan vowed to keep fighting in the West against his political enemy. His reversal today undermines his administration, and there are growing indications he will step down as head of the military government. Yahya has already been criticized for his brutal repression of the Bengali separatist movement, which has renamed East Pakistan as Bangladesh. It appears that the separatists may actually benefit from the fighting, because India has managed to defeat most of Yahya's military forces in East Pakistan. |
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