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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
8/18/1957Tilak Raj was appointed the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed his office for four years till 6th September, 1961.
7/9/1969India accepted 'Royal Bengal Tiger' as its National Animal, as recommended by the Indian Wild life Board. This Tiger is also known as the majestic tiger - panthere tigris (Linnaeus).
4/4/1951West Germany establishes full diplomatic relations with India.
2/1/1994ONGC becomes a Public Limited Company.
1/12/2000Dr. Gurudev S. Khush of the Manila-based International Rice Research Institute wins the Wolf prize for Agriculture for the year 2000.
8/2/1994Opposition quits Parliament panels, boycotts sessions.
8/3/1994The first successful heart transplant operation was performed at the All India Institute of Medical Science, New Delhi, by a team of doctors led by Prof. P. Venugopal (25-2-96).
11/30/1909Ramesh Chandra died.
12/7/1782Hyder Ali, warrior of Mysore, passed away in a camp near Chittur.
12/6/1907Revolutionaries looted Chingaripota station.