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Historical Event on 5/26/1998

Prof. Jagdish Bhagwati, economist, was awarded the 1998 Freedom Prize of the Max Schmidmeiny Foundation.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/12/1993Police firing at 15 places in Bombay; four foreign militants arrested.
10/13/1905Sister Nivedita died.
9/20/1942Kanak Lata Barua, a yound child who tried to host the national flag at Goupur police station in Assam with the help of 500 people, was shot by the police station incharge.
7/28/1999Shiv Sena president Bal Thackeray is banned from voting and contesting in any election for six years from December 11, 1995 on the recommendations of the Election Commission.
6/30/1834Congress creates Indian Territory (now Oklahoma).
9/15/1916Margaret Lockwood, film actress of 'Lady Vanishes' fame, was born in Karachi, India.
1/8/1981India all out for 63 runs in one-day international vs Australia.
8/7/1980Mother Teresa visits the poor in Bronx at New York.
2/3/1977Government relaxes rules of Emergency to permit normal political activity and electioneering.
4/24/1972Jamini Roy, Padmabhushan awardee and famous painter, passed away.