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Historical Event on 6/26/1983

Five hundred killed or missing as monsoon floods hit the Indian state of Gujarat.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/12/1998Bihar flood toll mounts to 320.
1/1/1950Inauguration of National Chemical Laboratory at Mumbai.
3/20/1904Charles Freer Andrews came to India as a Christian Missionary and joined the staff of St. Stephen's College in Delhi.
4/6/1919Mahatma Gandhi declared an All India Strike against the Rollatt Act .This was the first strike.
9/19/2000Karnam Malleswari becomes the first Indian woman to win an Olympic medal (bronze) at the Sydney Olympics.
2/11/1847Thomas Alva Edison, great scientist and inventor of electric light lamp, was born at Milan, Ohio.
3/2/1952Sindri Fertilizer Factory, Bihar, formally inaugurated by Nehru. It was the first Government owned company.
8/15/1996Deve Gowda speaks in Hindi on the occasion of the 50th Independence Day.
7/28/1921The All-India Congress Party votes to boycott a forthcoming visit by the Prince of Wales and urges a boycott of imported cloth.
10/30/1994Swaran Singh, 87, former External Affairs minister, died.