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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 |
| 8/1/1996 | Madhu Dandavate is made Dy. Chairman, Planning Commission. |
| 8/28/1976 | Second World Hindi Conference held in Mauritius. |
| 9/28/1929 | Lata Mangeshkar, great playback singer, was born. |
| 1/16/1997 | Dr. Datta Samant, Trade Union leader, shot dead in Mumbai. |
| 6/14/1947 | Congress Working Committee met at New Delhi to draft the resolution to be placed before All India Congress Committee on the acceptance of Mountbatten plan for the partition of India. |
| 6/4/1932 | Mahendranath Gupt, follower of Ramkrishna Paramhans, passed away. |
| 8/19/1944 | The last Japanese troops driven out of India. |
| 5/7/1985 | Adoor Gopalakrishnan adjudged Best Director (Mukhamukham) in national film awards. |
| 11/24/1988 | Mizoram became the first Lok Sabha member. |
| 10/27/1987 | Vijay Merchant, cricketer (Test average 47.72, 1st-class avg 71), died. |
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