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Historical Event on 3/26/1997

Andhra Pradesh Assembly passes a Bill to amend the Prohibition Act, ending the state's 2-year experiment with total prohibition.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/3/1863Little Crow, [Ta-oya-te-duta], santee Sioux Indian chief, passed away.
8/4/1923Nagpur University started working.
11/22/1773Robert Clive, English occupier (India), passed away at the age of 48.
3/31/1995Bombay beat Punjab in 1st innings to win cricket Ranji Trophy.
3/3/1982Firaq Gorakhpuri ""Raghupati Sahay"", great writer, nationalist and who revolutionised Urdu poetry, died.
12/10/1992The Central Government bans RSS, VHP, ISS, Bajrang Dal and Jamait-e-Islami.
9/11/1999India's Sachin Ratti won the men's singles title in the New Zealand International Badminton championship, defeating top seed and world No. 23 Rio Suryana of Australia in the final.
8/4/1997Supreme Court declares that the Rashtrapati Bhavan press communique of 23/1/1992 on a proposal to confer the Bharat Ratna 'posthumously' on Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose ""should be treated as cancelled"", as the proposal was dropped by the Government in deference to the sentiments expressed by the public and his family members.
3/1/1997India `A' blanks Sri Lanks 5-0 in the inaugural tennis `Tests' in Delhi.
3/30/1994Exim Policy streamlined to attract exporting community.