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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 |
| 12/20/1920 | Justice Ali Sayyed Murtuza Fazal was born. |
| 5/29/1953 | Ranji Nanan, cricketer (Trinidad off-spinner, 1 Test v Pakistan 1981), was born. |
| 4/1/1963 | Delhi Special Police Establishment acquired its popular current name Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) through a Home Ministry resolution passed. |
| 8/13/1911 | Guha Phulrenu, social worker, was born. |
| 12/8/1911 | Gaandhiji invites Gokhale to South Africa. |
| 6/4/1912 | Alungal Mathai Thomas, social reformer, politician and diplomat, was born at Kurikad, Kerala. |
| 8/11/1999 | Ramnath Parkar, former Indian opening batsman, died in Mumbai. |
| 8/21/1972 | A law was passed for protecting wild animals, including lions and tigers, from extinction. |
| 7/22/1987 | A.G. Kripal Singh, 14 Tests for India and one century on debut, passed away. |
| 5/11/1985 | Fifteen hundred people were arrested in Sikh violence. |
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