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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
12/12/1989Air Chief Marshal (retd.) Arjan Singh named Delhi Lt. Governor.
2/18/1905Indian Home Rule Society was founded at London by Shyamji Krishna Varma.
11/5/1990Janata Dal splits. The breakaway group claims support of 58 M.P.'s to elect Mr. Chandrashekhar as leader. V.P. Singh's government loses confidence motion in the Lok Sabha.
6/9/1986ICMR set up a network of Reference/Surveillance Centres for AIDS in almost all states of India.
10/30/1996Pop star Michael Jackson arrives in Bombay.
11/25/1993National Institute of Nutrition, Hyderabad, celebrated its platinum jubilee in 1993 by organizing several scientific activities throughout the year, culminating in the International Symposium on Nutrition during November 25-27, 1993.
11/22/1989Rajindernath, great Indian wicketkeeper 1 Test and 0 runs 0 ct, 4 stp, passed away.
1/26/1882Telephone line started working between Mumbai and Calcutta.
5/1/1964Ravishankar University was established at Raipur in Madhya Pradesh.
4/20/2000A full bench of the Madras High Court quashes the Tamil Nadu Government order making Tamil (or mother tongue) as the compulsory medium of instruction in all schools in the State up to Standard V.