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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 |
| 11/3/1999 | Dr. M. S. Swaminathan, well-known agricultural scientist, is selected for the UNESCO Gandhi gold medal. |
| 5/13/1918 | Balasarswati, famous dancer of Bharat Natyam, was born. |
| 6/22/1993 | JPC draft report raps B. Shankaranand and censures Manmohan Singh. |
| 7/21/1947 | Indian Constitution Assembly accepted the tricolour flag as its National Flag. This flag is with three equal horizontal stripes of Saffron (Sacrifice), White (Truth) and Green (Prosperity) and a Chakra is superimposed on white (Dharma Chakra on the capitol of Ashoka's Pillar at Sarnath) in blue colour having 24 spokes. The ratio of the width to length is two to three. |
| 6/30/1995 | CNN launches a 24-hour news channel in partnership with Doordarshan. |
| 10/12/1921 | Jayant Shridhar Tilak, great journalist, was born at Poona. |
| 6/22/1898 | The last total Solar Eclipse of 19th century was seen in India. |
| 3/29/1990 | Adoor Bhasi, Malayalam film actor, passed away. |
| 2/5/1922 | Amar Nath Sehgal, sculptor, was born at Campbellpur (W. Pakistan). His important works are ""Voice of Africa (Ghana-1958)"", A Cricketer (1961) and Mahatma Gandhi, Amritsar, To space Unknown (bronze, Moscow-1963)"", etc. |
| 8/19/1903 | Gangadhar Devram Khanolkar, biographer and critic, was born. |
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