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Historical Event on 1/1/1988
On the Christan New Year Day, Maharashtra became the first state to launch a public campaign against smoking.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/16/1988 | India gives full recognition to the state of Palestine. |
| 4/9/1974 | India, Pakistan, Bangladesh reach pact to exchange prisoners of 1971 war in New Delhi. |
| 8/2/1858 | British parliament passed the act to handover the administration of India to British Government from East India Company. After the occasion, the Supreme British ruler in India was called as 'Viceroy'. |
| 5/27/1906 | Gandhiji writes to his brother Lakshimidas, stating his disinterestedness in worldly possessions. |
| 6/17/1976 | Montreal Olympics opens. |
| 1/17/1981 | Central Government offers full statehood to Mizoram. |
| 1/10/1996 | Centre sets up Rajiv Gandhi National Drinking Water Mission. |
| 10/10/1937 | Anant Bhave, famous Marathi litterateur and news announcer on Doordarshan, was born. |
| 2/18/1925 | Krishna Sobati, famous Hindi authoress, was born. |
| 12/15/1950 | Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, first deputy Prime Minister of independent India also known as the 'Iron Man' and Bharat Ratna awardee, died. |
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