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Historical Event on 1/26/1997

Mizoram becomes a dry state, the fourth, after Gujarat, AP and Haryana.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/1/1999SC refuses to interfere with the Delhi High Court order in TRAI case.
9/20/1857British troops conquered Delhi from the Mutineers.
1/15/1998Binda Prasad Kashyap, 73, CPI leader, passed away in Nagpur.
2/26/1972President Varahgiri Venkat Giri inaugurated the Vikram Earth Satellite Station at Wardha near Arvi.
3/1/1951NitishKumar RamLakhanSingh was born in Bakhtiarpur, Distt. Patna (Bihar).
12/12/1971The first aerial victory was when MiG-21FLs of No. 47 Squadron shot down a PAF F-104 over the Gulf of Kutch and this was followed by three more victories in quick succession on 17 December, when MiG-21FLs of No. 29 Squadron escorting HF-24 Maruts, shot down intercepting F-104s near Uttarlai in the Rajasthan desert in gun-missile encounters, while a third F-104, on an intruding mission, was shot down by another MiG 21FL of No.29 Squadron.
1/19/1997Air India triumphs in the National Women's Cricket championship in Calcutta.
5/18/1974Jayaprakash Narayan led a procession against economic conditions in Patna. There was lathi charged and he issued a call for total revolution. He also started the 'Citizens for Democracy' movement.
11/7/1971India admits forces entered Bangladesh to silence artillery.
5/10/1982Karnataka Kranti Ranga led by Devaraj Urs comes into being.