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Historical Event on 9/1/1998

Leaded petrol is banned in Delhi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/22/1988Gorkha National Liberation Front signs an accord with the Centre and West Bengal on formation of an elective hill Council for Darjeeling.
4/12/1997Maharashtra assembly adopts bill banning interviews for admitting students to pre-primary schools.
4/22/1812Dalhousie, governor general of India, was born.
5/30/1991Uma Shankar Dixit (90) passed away.
4/23/1938Viceroy Lord Linlithgow opens the hydro-electric scheme at Malakand.
6/11/1995PM leaves for 4-day official visit to France.
10/18/1995President's Rule imposed in UP and the State Assembly put in suspended animation.
2/24/1997Charles Shobhaj, the notorious murder suspect, to be deported to France after 20 years in Tihar jail.
5/13/1962Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888-1975) became the second President of India. He held this office till May 13, 1967.
8/22/1994Two dozen Mahar soldiers were ambushed when the Indian contingent was trying to stem the war in Somalia. Seven, including a JCO, lost their lives.