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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
9/1/1915Rajindersingh Bedi, Urdu story writer and Hindi film story writer, was born.
4/23/1987Supreme Court in a judgement confers Hindu widows absolute ownership of property under Hindu Succession Act 1956.
10/30/1887Sukumar Roy, famous Bengali children's litterateur, was born.
10/12/1946Ashok Vinoo Mankad, cricketer (son of Vinoo, batted for India 1969-78), was born in Bombay.
6/25/2000India lifts the Asia Cup sub-junior hockey championship in Kuala Lumpur.
5/4/1959Nehru rejects proposals that India and Pakistan resolve their differences and set up a common alliance against Communist China.
7/13/1988Second developmental launch of ASLV. Stretched Rohini Satellite Series (SROSS-2). This carried remote sensing payload of German space agency in addition to Gamma Ray astronomy payload. Could not be placed in orbit.
12/27/1901Gandhiji moves resolution on South Africa at Congress.
4/15/1984Extremist Sikhs plunder 40 stations in Punjab, India.
9/25/195414 Members of Parliament (MP) form a new party called the Union of Socialist Progress. Acharya Kripalani is the leader.