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Historical Event on 5/26/1997
Government decides to allow the use of environment-friendly LPG as a motor vehicle fuel.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/4/1914 | Savlaram Ravji Patil (P. Savlaram), film lyrisist and story writer, was born. |
| 10/30/1924 | Word Saving Day. |
| 8/8/1991 | India and Soviet Union extend their treaty of peace, friendship and co-operation for 20 more years. |
| 4/23/1751 | Gilbert Aliat Minto, governor general of East India Company, was born. |
| 4/11/1856 | Lievens Constantly, Flemish missionary in India, was born. |
| 9/27/2000 | Venus Williams of USA claims the women's gold in the tennis event in the Sydney Olympics. |
| 5/30/1950 | Devdutta Ramkrishna Bhandarkar, great historian and archaeologist, passed away. |
| 1/30/1997 | Fifth Pay Commission submits proposals; minimum salary Rs. 2440 pm and maximum 26,000. Cabinet Secretary 30,000; six-day week; retirement at 60, etc. proposed. |
| 11/2/1841 | Akbar Khan revolts against Shah Shuja in Afghanistan. |
| 2/8/1994 | Gopalrao Deuskar, internationally famed painter, passed away. |
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