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Historical Event on 3/26/1999

14 tonnes of heavy water leaked into the second unit of the Madras Atomic Power Station (MAPS) at Kalpakkam during an in-service inspection.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/23/1997Communication equipment worth several crores destroyed and Chennai's land and mobile telephone networks thrown out of gear in a fire at Anna Road telephone exchange.
12/30/1993Government gets majority when 10 members of Ajit faction of the JD merge with the Congress.
9/29/1990Central Government adopt a three-pronged strategy to create additional 30 lakh jobs outside the government sector over the next five years.
9/3/1997India and E.U. sign an agreement envisaging a $200 m. E.U. aid for the country's primary health care programme.
7/7/1855As many as 30,000, people went to Calcutta alongwith weapons to fight the British army.
5/22/1940Erapalli Anantrao Srinivasarao Prasanna, cricketer (one of India's big four spinners, Right-arm Off-break Bowler), was born at Bangalore. He is also the receipent of Arjun Award (1968) and Padmashree (1970).
9/5/1988The country goes without newspapers on this day as the entire newspaper industry had protested against the Defamation Bill.
9/24/1829Anandram Dhekial Fukan, father of modern Assamia poetry and essay writer, was born.
7/10/1972Herd of stampeding elephants kills 24 people in Chandka Forest, India.
5/15/1999The BJP and at least 13 of its allies rename themselves the National Democratic Alliance.