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Historical Event on 5/26/1998

S. Chandrasekar, scientist, was selected for the Niels Bohr-UNESCO gold medal.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/20/1991Shanmugam, suspect in Rajiv murder case, found dead.
6/18/1992Congress (I) chooses Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma as Presidential candidate.
4/15/1926Gurvel Singh Pannu, famous Hindi writer, was born in Lauhka, Punjab.
9/3/1992Delhi High Court verdict on Bofors challenged in the Supreme Court.
4/13/1940Najma Heptulla, Vice President of Rajya Sabha, was born.
2/3/1986Pope John Paul II meets Mother Teresa at Calcutta.
9/23/1803British-Indian forces defeated the Marathas in the Battle of Assaye.
11/2/1972ICMR set up a chain of regional centres of National Nutrition Monitoring and 500 Indians seize Washington Bureaux in different parts of India.
12/28/1998India and Sri Lanka sign an agreement to establish a bilateral free trade area, after the visiting Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga and Prime Minister A. B. Vajpayee, have sorted out the differences that held up the negotiations on it in the past.
11/14/1681East India Company declared Bengal as a seperate presidency.