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Historical Event on 6/26/1997

India declares its chemical weapon stockpiles and storage facilities as part of its obligations as signatory to the Chemical Weapons Convention.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/18/2000Pandit Ravi Shankar is selected for this year's Subbarami Reddy Kalapeetham Foundation Award, a life-time achievement award, for his contribution to Indian music.
9/16/1931Political prisoners Tarkeshwar Dutta and Santosh Mitra were shot by an officer at Hijli detention camp near Kharagpur. They were arrested for attending the Hijli meeting.
12/11/1999Dr. M. L. Madhu, poet and translator, wins the Pushkin Gold Medal award.
12/1/1974Sucheta Kriplani, former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, passed away.
10/15/1686Aurangzeb attacked and conqured Bijapur and this was the end of the Muslim Adilshahi's era.
1/18/1985Spy ring cracked. Top Government officials, businessmen held.
3/18/1972First Indian Book Fair was organised by National Book Trust in New Delhi.
6/1/1998The Prasar Bharati Bill is introduced in the Lok Sabha to revive the Prasar Bharati Act, 1990.
4/1/1839Medical College Hospital in Calcutta having only 20 beds was opened for male patients .
8/17/1934Murasoli Shanmuga Sundram Maran was born in Thirukkuvalai village in Thiruvarur (Tamil Nadu).