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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 |
| 8/6/1951 | Rukmini Lakshmipathi, great social reformer and leader, died. |
| 7/11/1980 | Ebbie Kodiat, Soccer(Football) player, was born in Kuwait. |
| 4/13/1772 | Warren Hastings, who became the president of their Bengal Council, was appointed in the court of Directors of the East India Company. |
| 9/7/1996 | First phase of J & K Assembly elections. |
| 6/29/1908 | Pratapsing Gaekwad, Prince of Baroda, was born. |
| 8/27/1946 | Gandhiji cables warning to British Government against repetition of ""Bengal Tragedy"". He also wrote to Wavell. |
| 10/11/1996 | Supreme Court ruling on change of venue of Rao's trial. |
| 8/4/1931 | Narendra Shankar Tamhane, dependable Indian cricket wicket-keeper (1950's), was born in Bombay. |
| 5/7/1889 | Dr. Narayan Subbarao Hardikar, freedom fighter, journalist and Padmabhushan awardee, was born. |
| 6/2/1756 | Fort William, the English stronghold in Bengal, was surrendered to Siraj-ud-Daulah. |
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