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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
4/2/1902Gulam Ali Khan Ustad Bade was born.
5/20/1878Krishnashastri Chiplunkar, Marathi novelist and omnicent, passed away.
1/26/1957India annexes Kashmir, Constitution for incorporation with India goes into effect.
1/19/1997Air India triumphs in the National Women's Cricket championship in Calcutta.
12/4/1973Mohan Rakesh, famous modern Hindi dramatist, novelist and story writer, passed away.
9/29/2000The Appellate Authority of the Industrial and Financial Reconstruction stays the order of the BIFR permitting winding up of Bharat Gold Mines Limited, KGF, Karnataka.
12/25/1974Indian Aeroplane Jumbo 747 was hijacked and taken over to Rome.
11/5/1931M. G. Subramaniam, cricket test umpire for 2 tests from 1983-84, was born in Karnataka.
10/9/1970Production of Uranium 233 started at Bhabha Atomic Research Centre in Bombay.
5/5/1993Balak Brahmachari, [Marxist Godman], famous Indian guru, passed away at 73 yrs.