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Historical Event on 2/26/1998
Kalyan Singh wins the ''composite floor test'' in the Assembly, securing 225 votes against the 196 got by Jagadambika Pal.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/1/1903 | Pareshchandra Bhattacharya, former Gonerner of Indian Reserve Bank, was born. |
| 12/9/1992 | More than 700 die in clashes in Ayodhya; BJP bandh partial. |
| 11/19/1978 | Gavaskar gets twin cricket tons for India for second time. |
| 2/6/1932 | Veena Das, revolutionary freedom fighter, shot Stenly Jackson, Governor of Calcutta at the convocation ceremony of B.A. degree, but Jackson was afraid and bend down, thus the aim was missed. |
| 5/1/1948 | Baroda State merged into Bombay Province. |
| 8/4/1935 | Government of India got the Royal Assent Act 1935. |
| 9/27/1995 | Cellular phone service operates for the first time in Delhi. |
| 8/27/1859 | Dorabji Jamshetji Tata, great industrialist, was born. |
| 9/10/1999 | Top seeds Bhupathi and Paes finished runners-up in the US Open doubles, losing to Sebastien Lareau and Alex O'Brien in the final. |
| 5/2/1769 | Sir John Malcom, former Governor of Mumbai and historian, was born. |
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