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Historical Event on 1/1/1988

On the Christan New Year Day, Maharashtra became the first state to launch a public campaign against smoking.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/18/1998India talks with the US on the nuclear tests.
10/10/1970Union Government ruled out judicial probe into the death of the late PM Lal Bahadur Shastri.
3/21/1957India's national calender came into force.
7/4/1992Sanskrit made a compulsory subject from sixth to intermediate classes in Uttar Pradesh.
3/20/1993Memon brothers, the prime suspects in the Bombay bomb blasts, escape from Dubai.
11/27/1992Sachin Tendulkar, 19 years and 22 days old, becomes the youngest cricketer to make 1,000 test runs while playing in Johannesburg.
8/25/1948Jana Gana Mana to be the provisional National Anthem till Constituent Assembly made a final decision.
1/9/1997John Major, British Prime Minister, addresses plenary session of the 'Partnership Summit' organised in Calcutta by the Confederation of Indian Industry.
2/3/1969Thiru Conjeevaram Natrajan Annadurai ""Anna"", a great patriot, writer, editor, orator, former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu and the commencer of Dravid Movement, passed away. He was the key person in formation of Anna Dramuk Party.
9/26/1979Charan Singh launches a new party called the Lok Dal.