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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
3/26/1999Sheikh Mirza, chieftain of a small state of Ferghana, was born in Turkmenistan.
8/12/1988S. R. Bommai elected Karnataka CM.
9/18/1965Communist government threatens dire consequences on discovering Indian bases on the Chinese side of the China-Sikkim frontier in China.
1/10/199728th International Film Festival of India opens at Trivandrum.
1/10/1997Muiz ud din Qaiqabad, was the tenth sultan of the Mamluk dynasty (Slave dynasty), was killed in his bed. He was proved to be an inefficient ruler.
6/17/1993K. D. Dharmadhikari (Nana), veteran freedom fighter, died.
3/12/1996Last session of the 10th Lok Sabha ends.
6/15/1986K. K. Tarapore, cricketer (Test for India 1948), was killed in a motor-scooter accident.
6/3/1915Sir' knighthood was granted to Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore by the British Government.
9/29/1981Delhi-Srinagar Indian Airlines Boeing 737 flight was diverted to Lahore, Pakistan by five Khalistan activists of the Dal Khalsa International. On board there were 117 passengers out of which 66 were freed on arrival in Lahore.