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Historical Event on 1/26/1997

Mizoram becomes a dry state, the fourth, after Gujarat, AP and Haryana.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/10/199728th International Film Festival of India opens at Trivandrum.
3/21/1997Jockey Vasant Shinde retires.
1/19/1994CM decide to request Chief Election Commission to implement the photo identity card scheme in phases.
3/1/1997India under-19 team wins third `Test', claims three-test series 2-0 win in Matara.
9/12/1934Shantakumar Jagannath Sharma was born in Garhjamula, Distt. Kangra (Himachal Pradesh).
12/16/1924Nissim Ezekiel, educationist and author, was born.
2/21/1997J. M. Lyngdoh appointed Election Commissioner.
3/16/1998Sonia Gandhi is elected chairperson of the Congress(I) Parliamentary Party.
9/23/1996Sitaram Kesri elected provisional president of Congress (I).
9/23/1996Mian Tansen, a prominent figure of North Indian (Hindustani) classical music and famous singer of Akbar's court, died at Gwalior. Tansen is remembered for his epic Dhrupad compositions, creating several new ragas, as well as for writing two classic books on music Sri Ganesh Stotra and Sangita Sara.