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Historical Event on 1/26/1997

Government prohibits manual scavenging and construction of dry latrines in six states (AP, Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tripura, West Bengal) and all UTs.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/30/2000Gen. S. Padmanabhan takes over as the new Chief of the Army Staff from Gen. V. P. Malik.
3/6/1971Test debut of Sunil Gavaskar vs West Indies at Port-of-Spain.
5/13/1997Doordarshan drops plans to enter the direct-to-home (DTH) mode of television transmission.
6/2/1990Sri Ram Sharma Acharya passed away. (27-6-91).
4/17/1990Dinkar Gangadhar Kelkar, famous Director of Raja Kelkar Museum, passed away.
11/7/1995India opens second consulate in UK in Glasgow (first being at Birmingham).
9/29/2000India loses to Britain in the play off for the fifth and sixth places in the hockey match at the Sydney Olympics.
5/12/1666Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj meet Aurangzeb and was arrested.
7/8/1996T.N. Seshan, Chief Election Commissioner, wins Magsaysay award.
10/10/1954First 'President Award' was awarded to film 'Shyamchi Aai'.