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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
5/27/1857Nana Sahib was captured at Kanpur.
3/4/1996India and EU agree on a plan to boost trade ties.
4/20/1971Air India started Boing 707 Jumbo Jet flight between Bombay and London.
11/9/1841Edward VII, King of England (1901-10), was born.
4/2/1902Gulam Ali Khan Ustad Bade was born.
4/30/1977Nine Congress-ruled states placed under President's rule. Janata Party formed.
4/10/1997Bill Gates, Chairman and CEO of Microsoft, announces Rs. 2.5 crore aid to Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan's Gandhi Institute of Computer Education and Information Technology, Mumbai.
8/20/1988Earthquake measuring 6.5 on Richter Scale strikes India and Nepal. Thousands killed.
5/20/1915Gandhiji founded Satyagraha Ashram (later known as Sabarmati Ashram after the name of the river) at Ahmedabad.
8/29/1976Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam of Bengal, great revolutionary, died on his visit to Dhaka in Bangladesh.