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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 |
| 8/10/1894 | Varahagiri Venkata Giri, the fourth former President of India, was born at Berhampur in Orissa. He was one of the patriarchs of Trade Union Movement of India. |
| 2/18/1665 | The Portuguese handover Mumbai island to England. |
| 4/1/1993 | National Aeronautical Laboratory becomes National Aerospace Laboratories. |
| 12/17/1987 | Bhopal court orders the Union Carbide to pay Rs. 350 crore as interim relief to 1984 gas victims. |
| 4/27/1996 | General Election (11th) of India begins. |
| 1/31/1998 | D. R. Karthikeyan became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 31/03/98). |
| 6/25/1900 | Louis Mountbatten, last British Voiceroy and first Governor General of independent India, was born at England. |
| 4/6/1773 | James Mill of Scotland, great philosopher and historian (British India), was born. |
| 2/16/1955 | Maghnath Saha, famous scientist, passed away. |
| 12/16/1924 | Nissim Ezekiel, educationist and author, was born. |
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