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Historical Event on 1/1/1988
On the Christan New Year Day, Maharashtra became the first state to launch a public campaign against smoking.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/15/1788 | Ghulam Kadir, the infamous son of Jabita Khan, conquered Delhi. |
| 12/14/1946 | Sanjay Gandhi, youth Congress leader, was born in New Delhi. |
| 5/9/1996 | J. Jayalalitha, Tamil Nadu CM, resigns. |
| 9/1/1976 | Indira Gandhi asks for sweeping new powers at New Delhi. |
| 7/17/1996 | Madras to be known as 'Chennai' henceforth. |
| 11/5/1998 | Baba Nagarjun ""Vaidyanath Mishra"" died. He wrote in Hindi, Maithali and Sanskrit. Some of his noted works are ""Patra-Heen- Nagna Gachh"", ""Dukhmochan"", ""Yugdhara"" and ""Sah |
| 4/23/1994 | Ibrahim Sulaiman Sait, former Indian Union Muslim League president, floats a new party - the Indian National League. |
| 6/4/1993 | The Babri tribunal strikes down ban on RSS and Bajrang Dal and upholds outlawing of VHP. |
| 1/22/1990 | The International Literacy Campaign was launced in the country by the Prime Minister at a national function held at New Delhi. (8-9-90). |
| 2/2/1986 | Dalai Lama meets Pope John Paul II in India. |
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