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Historical Event on 5/26/1997
Government decides to allow the use of environment-friendly LPG as a motor vehicle fuel.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/2/1877 | Narottam Morarjee, great social reformer and the architect of the modern Indian Shipping, was born at Porbandar. |
| 6/24/1991 | Pranab Mukherjee appointed Dy. Chairman of the Planning Commission. |
| 6/24/1897 | Padmashree Pandit Omkarnath Thakur, famous music director of Gwalior Gharana, was born at Gujrat. |
| 9/3/1905 | Kamlapati Tripathi, leader of Indian National Congess, was born. |
| 1/12/1990 | Upper age limit for Civil Services Examination raised from 26 to 28 years. |
| 10/2/1944 | Gandhiji was presented a purse of Rs 110 lakhs (£ 8,25,000) for Kasturba Memorial on his 75th birthday. |
| 9/18/1803 | Puri was captured by Britishers from the Marathas without any struggle. |
| 10/17/1817 | Syed Ahmad Khan, great social reformer, educationist, journalist, leader and one of the most eminent builders of modern India, was born in Delhi. |
| 9/9/1997 | Pravin Thipsay becomes India's third chess Grand Master. |
| 9/24/1815 | John Sevier, Indian fighter (Gov/Rep-Tn), died at the age of 70. |
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