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Historical Event on 1/21/1997

Delhi was the first city to use propane gas when 50 autorickshaws were started on trial basis.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/12/1996Lok Sabha adopts resolution extending President's Rule in J & K for 6 months.
9/1/1928Arun Kumar Seal, educationist, was born at Vishnupur.
11/11/1973India's first International Philatelic Exihibition started in New Delhi.
7/27/19987 Hindus are gunned down in two Doda villages of Jammu and Kashmir.
5/21/1998India declares a moratorium on nuclear testing.
9/25/195414 Members of Parliament (MP) form a new party called the Union of Socialist Progress. Acharya Kripalani is the leader.
7/29/1748Boscawen landed 25 km south of Pondicherry.
5/27/1906Gandhiji writes to his brother Lakshimidas, stating his disinterestedness in worldly possessions.
2/6/1827Shyam Shastri, musician and a great artist of India, passed away at the age of 65 years.
1/16/1990All Governors asked to resign.