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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
9/25/1990Sabyasachi Mukherji, Chief Justice of Supreme Court, aged 63, died in London.
9/16/1954The Lok Sabha adopted a clause in the Special Marriage Bill providing for divorce by consent.
6/22/1975National Emergency was declared and censorship introduced.
4/30/1888Hailsones kill 246 in Moradabad.
11/16/1990Allahabad High Court stays UP Government's decision to increase reservation quota for Backward Classes.
7/1/1856In south, the first line was opened by the Madras Railway Company. It ran between Veyasarpandy and Walajah Road (Arcot), a distance of 63 miles.
2/11/1993Centre bans BJP rally in the capital on February 25.
9/29/2000Nayudu award goes to former India cricket captain Lt. Col. Hemu Adhikari.
8/20/1985Sant Harchand Singh Longowal, a ragi, reluctant politician and Sikh leader, died. He was shot by Sikh extremists at Sherpur.
9/17/1938Dilip Purushottam Chitre, famous Marathi poet, story writer, critic and Sahitya Academy awardee, was born.