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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 |
| 7/20/1986 | India withdraws from Edinburgh Commonwealth Games. |
| 7/14/1999 | Arvind Dave is appointed Governor of Arunachal Pradesh. |
| 4/12/1993 | Indian ship MV Vishva-Mohini sinks off Spain, 33 killed. |
| 4/24/1980 | Baba Gurbachan Singh, Nirankari chief, assassinated. His son named as the new chief. |
| 2/27/1997 | CBI arrests godman Chandraswami for alleged offences in violation of Foreign Contributions (Regulation) Act, 1976. |
| 3/26/1977 | Morarji Desai, the new Prime Minister, forms his Cabinet. |
| 11/7/1998 | Jiwan Singh Umrangal (84), Akali leader and former Punjabi Minister, dies in hospital in Beas. |
| 1/20/1879 | Raghunath Chaudhary, famous Assamia nature poet, was born. |
| 10/14/1991 | Prasannakumar Abhyankar, senior journalist, died. |
| 9/9/1947 | Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy, great philosopher, linguist, art historian, painter and critic, died at Needham, Boston. |
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