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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.

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12/5/1931	Gandhiji leaves England for India.
3/15/1941	Gorkha Rifles Battalion Group (INDBATT) unit was raised as the 4th Battalion, the 2nd King Edward VII's own Gorkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles) by Lt Col O'de T Lovett at Deharadun.
1/20/1817	Ram Mohun Roy started Hindu College in Calcutta with the help of Justice H. East David Hare. This college was later renamed as the Presidency College.
1/19/1966	Indira Gandhi elected leader of the Congress party to succeed the late Lal Bahadur Shastri as the third Prime Minister of India. She pledged to follow path of Non-Alignment in worlds affairs.
8/21/1991	Gopinath Mahant, famous Odissi litterateur and Gyanpeeth awardee, died.
6/9/1900	Birsa Munda, freedom fighter and leader, died in Ranchi Jail.
11/18/1911	Free primary school education is introduced.
2/1/1968	United Nation's Conference on Trade and Development opens in New Delhi.
5/7/1990	Foundation stones are laid in Ayodhya for a new temple at the birthplace of Lord Rama as Hindu nationalism rises. Government disallows the Shilanyas.
6/20/1756	A group of British soldiers along with Halvel were imprisoned by some rebellions in a suffocating cell that gained notoriety as the ""Black Hole of Calcutta."" Most of them died here.

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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.

Historical Event on 1/26/1997
Delhi becomes the first state in India to enforce a ban on smoking in all public places.