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Historical Event on 1/1/1992

Petrol and diesel price hiked in 11 states to make it uniform all over the country.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/29/1967First blowdown of the 4 ft trisonic tunnel; the tunnel with all auxiliary facilities such as compressor system, electrical sub-station, design office and model fabrication shop is formally set up and commissioned by National Aeronautical Laboratory.
11/7/1995India opens second consulate in UK in Glasgow (first being at Birmingham).
9/19/1704Guru Govind Singh died.
5/28/1965Fire and explosion at Dhori mine in Dhanbad, India kills 400.
3/13/1800Nana Phadanvis (Balaji Janardan Bhanu), veteran leader of Peshwa Kingdom, died.
7/12/1970Major flood in Alaknanda river resulted in sweeping of buses and claimed 600 lives.
5/1/1997Anand wins all three categories in Amber chess tournament in Monte Carlo.
5/9/1992Killer brew claims 175 lives in Orissa, Excise Minister Prasanna Kumar Acharya resigns.
10/16/1971David Jude Johnson, cricketer (Karnataka fast bowler, India 1996), was born in Arasikere.
10/3/1880Sakuntal Sangeet held in Anandodbhav Auditorium in Pune. Annasaheb Kirloskar presented the first musical play in Marathi.