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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
11/3/1990Manmohan Krishna, famous film actor, passed away.
1/1/1664Shivaji assumes royal title.
7/15/1903Kumaraswamy Kamraj, great freedom fighter, social reformer, political leader and member of the Lok Sabha, was born in a trading family at Virudhunagar in Tamil Nadu.
1/18/1959Miss Meera Behn, follower of Gandhi, left India for good.
10/30/1990Several people died and many injured as security forces opened fire at a crowd marching towards Ram Janmabhumi/Babari Masjid to perform 'karseva'.
1/22/1997Former Haryana Chief Minister Bhajan Lal, former Union Ministers Ajit Singh, Ram Lakhan Singh Yadav and five others chargesheeted by CBI in Rs. 3.5 crore Jharkhand Mukti Morcha MPs bribery case.
3/10/1940Banwarilal Bhagwandas Purohit, famous leader of Vidarbha, was born.
10/14/1956Dr. Bhimrao Ramji, Ambedkar and about two lakh scheduled caste men and women embraced Buddhism in Nagpur.
11/15/1911First meeting of the governing body of the Indian Research Fund Association (IRFA) was held at the Plague Laboratory, Bombay, under the Chairmanship of Sir Harcourt Butler.
4/6/2000The Government permits use of LPG as auto fuel.