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Historical Event on 4/26/1999

The President dissolves Lok Sabha and orders fresh elections.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/15/1992Talwinder Singh Parmar, the Babbar Khalsa founder who masterminded the Kanishka jumbo explosion of 1985, was shot by security forces in Punjab.
3/3/1993Sharad Pawar nominated CM of Maharashtra.
10/12/1993National Environment Council with PM as chairperson set up.
1/8/1965Star of India', world's largest sapphire, returned to American Museum of Natural History.
3/19/1990Madhu Dandavate,Union Finance Minister, submits Rs. 7,206 crore deficit budget with a mixed bag of new levies and concessions.
3/28/1991Chautala asked by Governor to prove his majority on the floor of the house.
9/11/1999India's Sachin Ratti won the men's singles title in the New Zealand International Badminton championship, defeating top seed and world No. 23 Rio Suryana of Australia in the final.
10/16/1999Dr. Najma Heptulla, Deputy Chairperson of the Rajya Sabha, is elected president of the 138-nation Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU).
2/23/1962The Cholera Research Centre was established at Calcutta (renamed as the National Institute of Cholera & Enteric Diseases in 1979).
9/12/1912T. A. Ramachandran, cricket Test Umpire of one test during 1948-49, was born in Tamil Nadu.