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Historical Event on 2/26/1998

Kalyan Singh wins the ''composite floor test'' in the Assembly, securing 225 votes against the 196 got by Jagadambika Pal.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/14/199410 IAF personnel of the first batch were reinducted and the last batch left on 20th Dec 94. Cpl Nasir was left as a lying casualty due to injuries sustained in the RPG explosion.
2/22/1905Purushotamsing Bajaj, industrialist and social worker, was born at Shikarpur (Sind).
9/25/1990Prafull Chandra Sen, former Chief Minister of West Bengal and Gandhian leader, died in Calcutta. He was 94 years old.
7/6/1917Bhandarkar Prachyavidya Sanshodhak Mandir' was established.
2/24/1994Sharp increase in freight rates in the 1994-95 Railway budget; Pre-budget Economic Survey puts GDP growth in 1993-94 at 3.8\%.
7/6/1960The President promulgates the ESMA, 1960.
7/20/1916Habibur Rehman Ebrahim Chowdhary, cricket Test Umpire for 4 tests from 1959-64, was born at Mumbai.
9/7/1999India rejects Pakistan demand for a East Timor type of referendum in Kashmir.
3/6/1995Arun Tamhankar, great journalist, died.
3/17/1992Suburban rail fare increase cut; 20\% hike in first class, second class A/C sleeper and chair car reduced to 15\%.