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Historical Event on 1/26/1997
Government prohibits manual scavenging and construction of dry latrines in six states (AP, Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tripura, West Bengal) and all UTs.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/2/1974 | 700 union leaders arrested in a move to avert a rail strike in New Delhi. |
| 8/23/1994 | Former prime minister Mian Nawaz Sharif said that Pakistan possessed a nuclear bomb and warned that an attack by India could start a nuclear war in Pakistan. |
| 11/25/1890 | Radheshyam, famous stage, film actor and director, was born. |
| 2/25/1976 | India announces plan to penalize parents who have more than two children. |
| 6/30/1931 | June Thorburn, actress (Touch & Go, Children Galore), was born in Kashmir, India. |
| 6/1/1927 | Justice Savyasachi Mukherjee was born. |
| 8/3/1930 | Jai Prakash, educationist, was born at Jaunpur. |
| 6/2/1990 | Sri Ram Sharma Acharya passed away. (27-6-91). |
| 2/23/1998 | Raman Lamba, former Indian Test cricketer, passed away in Dhaka, three days after being hit on the head while close-in fielding. |
| 4/14/1659 | Aurangzeb defeated his brother Dara Shukoh to capture the throne of Delhi. |
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