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Historical Event on 2/26/1984
Satellite Insat 1-B dedicated to the nation by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/2/1993 | Seven JD (A) rebel MPs admitted to Congress (I). |
| 10/12/1993 | National Environment Council with PM as chairperson set up. |
| 12/8/1930 | British Gen. Norman Simpson shot at desk by Indian nationalists. |
| 8/1/1970 | Bhopal University was established. |
| 10/30/1908 | Pasumpon Muthuramalingam Thevar, freedom fighter and social worker, was born at Pasumpon village, Tamil Nadu. |
| 1/9/1664 | Shivaji started Surat campaign and left the city after plundering the place. |
| 11/12/1896 | Salim Moizuddin Abdul Ali, explorer, ecologist, teacher, writer and bird watcher, was born. |
| 9/8/2000 | Dr. Surinder K. Vasal, Indian maize breeder, and Dr. Evagelina Villegas, Mexican cereal chemist, jointly awarded the World Food Prize-2000 for their decades-long scientific quest to produce quality protein maize for developing countries. |
| 3/23/1968 | Atul Satish Wassan, cricketer (Indian pace bowler 1989-90), was born in Delhi. |
| 7/6/1917 | Bhandarkar Prachyavidya Sanshodhak Mandir' was established. |
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