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Historical Event on 4/26/1999
The President dissolves Lok Sabha and orders fresh elections.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
7/7/1999 | The Indian Army recaptures Jubar height in the Batalik sector. |
6/9/1992 | LDF wrests Narakal while the UDF retains the Tanur assembly seat in Kerala. |
9/28/1984 | First floodlights lit ODI between India and Australia held outside of Australia at New Delhi. |
1/4/1924 | Vidyadhar Gokhle, editor, playwright and politician, was born. |
4/20/1960 | Pannalal Ghosh, famous flute player, passed away. |
4/11/1999 | India successfully test-fires the extended range ''Agni-II'' missile, bridging a key gap in its minimum nuclear deterrent profile. |
10/4/1953 | India elected to the UN Trusteeship Council. |
9/11/1950 | Sorabjee Harmasji Colah, cricketer (69 runs in India's first 2 tests 1932-33), passed away. |
1/28/1846 | British forcibly separate Kashmir from the Sikhs and sell it to the Maharaja of Jammu for 1,000,000 pounds after the Battle of Allwal. |
12/6/1992 | 300,000 Hindus destroy the mosque of Babri at Ayodhya, India. 4 die and BJP government in UP, led by Kalyan Singh, was dismissed and President's rule promulgated. Then countrywide riots followed. Pakistan and Bangladesh condemned demolition. |
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