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Historical Event on 1/21/1997
Delhi was the first city to use propane gas when 50 autorickshaws were started on trial basis.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/30/1991 | Dr. P. J. Devras, friend of snakes, passed away. |
| 9/16/1931 | R. Ramachandra Rao, cricket test umpire for one test in 1986-87, was born at Tamil Nadu. |
| 7/1/1955 | S. P. Kampani, was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 18-07-1957. |
| 7/16/1992 | Amar Varma, Hindi author, producer and director, died. |
| 3/22/1963 | World Bank loans India $ 67 mil. to improve its railways. |
| 11/14/1926 | Piloo H. Mody, social reformer, politician and architect, was born at Bombay. |
| 1/18/1985 | Spy ring cracked. Top Government officials, businessmen held. |
| 6/4/1987 | A Swedish Government enquiry finds that Bofors paid commission to middlemen for concluding Arms Purchase Agreement with India. |
| 10/9/2000 | The Reserve Bank of India issued bank notes in the denomination of Rs.1000 in the Mahatma Gandhi series bearing the leader's portrait in the watermark and signature of Dr. Bimal Jalan, Governor of the RBI. The length of the note is 177 mm and the width is 73 mm. The notes are printed in a combination of offset and intaglio processes. This is the first note with intaglio printing on it. |
| 4/14/1990 | L. P. Poarbosa sworn in as CM of Goa. |
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