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Historical Event on 9/1/1998

Leaded petrol is banned in Delhi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/12/1946Viceroy announces invitation to Congress to form provisional Government.
3/31/1994Argentina President Carlos Menem visits India.
7/22/1992The Supreme Court asks UP Government to halt construction in Ayodhya.
1/20/1939Nalin Chandra Wickramasinghe, great Indian astronomer, was born.
6/12/1891Gandhiji sailed for India and reached in July.
3/12/1996Last session of the 10th Lok Sabha ends.
10/24/1984First Metro Train (Underground Train) in India started between Esplanade and Bhowanipore in Calcutta city.
4/17/1675Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj attacked the Fonda fort and won Karwar.
8/15/1947At the stroke of midnight, India is free after 163 years of British Raj. At the same time Muslims win a degree of freedom from Hindus. They have their own separate dominion Pakistan in the British Commonwealth Sect.
1/10/1908Gandhiji adopts word, ""Satyagraha"" in place of ""Passive Resistance"". Sentenced to two months' imprisonment for failure to leave Transvaal.