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Historical Event on 1/21/1997

Delhi was the first city to use propane gas when 50 autorickshaws were started on trial basis.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/9/1997Portfolio changes were effected by I K Gujral in Union Cabinet.
12/31/1984Rajiv Gandhi was sworn is as the 6th Prime Minister of India. He succeeded his mother Indira Gandhi. He became the Prime Minister of India for a second time and first time after elections.
6/22/1993The centre bans the use of 12 pesticides.
4/3/1914Sam Hormuj Framji Jamshedji Manekshaw, India's first Field Marshal, was born. He was better known as ""Sam Manekshaw"".
4/3/1914Radiya Sultan, first lady ruler of Delhi throne, passed away in a battle.
8/7/1988N. T. Ramarao elected chairman and V.P. Singh the convenor of the National Front.
5/24/1960Dr. Ida Sophie Schruder, founder of famous 'Vellore Hospital', passed away in Kodaikanal.
2/24/199525 jawans die in an explosion in Brahmaputra Mail near Nilalong station about 200 km from Guwahati.
8/8/1946India agrees to give Bhutan 32 miles.
5/19/1911K.N. Vaswani, educationist and Journalist, was born at Hyderabad, Sind.