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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
12/28/1926Imperial Airways begins England-India mail & passenger service.
2/2/1996Doordarshan Kendra was inagurated at Port Blair.
11/10/2000R.M. Shankara and Rashmi Kumari lift men's and women's title in the World carrom championship in New Delhi.
4/10/1937Shridhar Vyanktesh Ketkar, creator of Maharashtra Gyankosh and Sociologist, passed away.
1/19/1951Amritlal Vithaldas Thakkar (Thakkarbappa), social reformer of Gujrat and right hand of Gandhiji in socially segregated Harijans, passed away.
3/28/1914Komagata Maru sailed from Hong Kong to Vancouver with 351 Sikhs and 21 Punjabi Muslim youths under the captaincy of Sardar Gurjeet Singh as a part of 'Ghadar' Movement.
5/16/1911Pumping Station of Calcutta was commissioned at Tallah.
10/30/1947The government rejects Kashmir's decision to join India in Pakistan.
7/1/1964Industrial Development Bank of India (IDBI) was established.
12/21/1929Indian National Congress convenes in Lahore.