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Historical Event on 5/26/1999
IRS-P4(OCEANSAT) with an Ocean Colour Monitor (OCM) and a Multi-frequency Scanning Microwave Radiometer (MSMR) and two small satellites (KITSAT of Korea and TUBSAT of Germany) launched by PSLV-C2.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/31/1902 | Dr. Raghuvir, dictionary creator, having knowledge of Vedic Sanskrit, Tebiti, Chinese and Mongolian, was born. |
| 11/13/1999 | A woman commits 'sati' in Satpura village in Mohaba district of Uttar Pradesh |
| 2/28/1963 | Dr. Rajendra Prasad, the first President of India, passed away at Sadaqat Ashram, Patna. |
| 10/24/1995 | Total solar eclipse seen over Rajasthan, UP, Bihar and West Bengal, while partial eclipse seen in the rest of the country. |
| 6/13/1999 | The Indian army secures the strategic Tololing peak in the Dras sector. |
| 12/13/1899 | Pandurang Satu Naik, famous film photographer of Indian film industry, was born. |
| 11/6/1951 | Judge M. Patanjali Sastri became the Chief Justice of India. He helded this office till 03/01/1954. |
| 7/19/1987 | Rajiv Gandhi,Congress President, expels V.P. Singh from Congress and orders probe into Ajitabh Bachhan's property abroad. |
| 11/9/1993 | Tamil Nadu Assembly urges the Centre to amend Constitution to retain 69\% reservation for backward classes. |
| 6/20/1858 | Gwalior fort was captured by British troops and the first Indian Sepoy Mutiny officially came to an end. |
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