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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
9/18/1927Maharashtra Chamber of Commerce was established.
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6/16/1997K. R. Narayanan, Vice-President, is the joint candidate of Congress(I) and United Front for Presidentship in July 14 election.
2/19/1891Amrita Bazaar Patrika became a daily newspaper.
3/2/1994President's rule in J & K extended.
2/19/1911Merle Oberon, film actress (Assignment Foreign Legion), was born in Calcutta, India.
12/24/1921Rabindranath Tagore established ""Visva Bharati"" at Santiniketan with Brojendra Nath Seal as the chief guest.
10/6/1997International Commodity Exchange Division of the India Pepper and Spice Trade Association in Kochi opened.
1/3/1871Father Kuriakose Elias Chavara, freedom fighter and social reformer, died.