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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
9/12/1990Konkan Railway project formally launched with the opening of a project office in Ratnagiri in Maharashtra State.
12/11/1990Naresh Chandra was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 31-07-1992
5/22/1961Jnanpeeth Award was instituted and the first award was given in 1965. This award is given for the best creative literary writing by any Indian citizen in any of the languages included in the VIII Schedule of the Indian Constitution. The award carries a cash price of Rs 2.5 lakh, a citation and a bronze momento.
2/19/1986Computerised railway ticket reservation system was introduced in New Delhi Railway station.
4/24/1995K. Karunakaran elected to Rajya Sabha.
1/29/1953Dattatreya Balkrishna Kalelkar ""Kaka Saheb"" was appointed as the Chairman of the Backward Classes Commission.
2/25/1992Beant Singh sworn in as CM of Punjab.
5/23/1924Venkatraman Narayan Swamy, cricketer (one Test v NZ in 1955, DNB, 0-45), was born in Calicut.
4/22/1942The Telecommunication Training Centre was established at Jabalpur.
1/14/1905Durga Khote, Marathi stage artist and actress, was born.