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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 |
| 2/3/1900 | Tiruvenkata Rajendra Seshadri, one of the founders of Organic Chemistry in India, was born at Kulittalai in Tamil Nadu. |
| 5/12/1984 | Dr. Rajah Sir Muthiah Chettiar, social reformer, passed away at Madras. |
| 2/23/1980 | Prakash Padukone becomes the first Indian to win All-England Badminton Championship. |
| 1/5/1953 | Andhra University celebrated its silver jubilee. |
| 9/6/1995 | Salil Chaudhary, famous music director in Hindi film industry, passed away. |
| 5/10/1927 | Nayantara Sahgal, famous writer and social reformer, was born. |
| 5/10/1927 | Affonso de Albuquerque, who is regarded as the real founder of Portuguese power in India, died at the age of 73 years. |
| 12/7/1856 | First Hindu widow married officially. |
| 7/24/1998 | India signs a deal with Russia for purchasing the aircraft-carrier. |
| 9/4/1983 | INSAT-1B runs into snag, its solar array fails to deploy fully. |
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