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Historical Event on 1/26/1997
Delhi becomes the first state in India to enforce a ban on smoking in all public places.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/7/1938 | Kashiram Chhabildas Rana was born in Surat (Gujarat). |
| 1/9/1922 | Har Gobind Khurana, scientist of Biology, was born in India. He did his M.Sc from University of Punjab and, for higher education went to University of Liverpool. In 1959, he produced a chemical called ""Coenzymea"", which is essential for certain processes in the human body. He was awarded Nobel Prize for medicine in 1968 along with Marshall W. Nirenberg and Robert W. Halley. |
| 2/12/1949 | Gundappa Ranganath Viswanath, cricketer (prolific Indian batsman of 70s), was born in Bhadravati, Mysore. He received Padmashree (1971) and Arjun Award (1978). |
| 9/26/1931 | At Lancashire, Gandhi sees textile workers hurt by Indian boycott but says home spinning must go on. |
| 7/12/1674 | Chhatrapati Shivaji signed a friendship treaty with East India Company. |
| 3/24/1902 | Anusilan Samiti, a revolutionary organisation, was formed in Bengal. |
| 10/16/1922 | M.V. Desai, social reformer and journalist, was born. |
| 10/6/1983 | Punjab Government was dismissed to halt religious and political violence by Indira Gandhi, who imposed President's rule in the state. |
| 5/25/1997 | Seven Pakistani infiltrators are killed in an encounter with BSF in Ranbir Singh Pora. |
| 5/25/1997 | Vasco De Gama departed with his fleet from Lisbon Harbour for a trip to India . |
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