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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
8/26/1997Commander of Uri sector Brigadier Jasbir Singh Lidder and another senior army officer have a narrow escape as Pakistani troops fire on their cavalcade at Chakori near LOC in J&K.
5/6/1952Maria Montessori, pioneer in mordern education, who spent almost 10 years in India, died in Noordwijk aan Zee. The principles and techiques advocated by her are also applied to the education of handicapped children and adult education.
6/18/1946First Satyagraha movement was started for Goa liberation from the Portuguese.
1/26/1882Telephone line started working between Mumbai and Calcutta.
4/16/1993The Supreme Court stays the operation of M.P. High Court's order quashing President's rule in the state.
2/7/1864P. S. S. Iyyer, famous lawyer and educationalist, was born.
1/15/1965Food Corporation of India inaugurated in Madras.
1/27/1888Jinvijayji Muni, famous Shwetambar Jain Yati, was born.
8/22/1984R. Venkataraman was elected the Vice President of India (1984 -1987).
7/20/1954Armistice for Indo-China signed.