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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
11/7/1912Chithira Tirunal Bala Rama Varma, social reformer, was born at Travancore.
2/9/1942Chiang Kai-Shek meets Sir Stafford Cripps, British Viceroy in India.
5/28/1965Fire and explosion at Dhori mine in Dhanbad, India kills 400.
6/24/1996Nanchil K. Manoharan, former DMK Finance Minister, expelled from the party.
1/17/1601Akbar, after eight month's siege, entered Asirgarh one of the strongest forts in India.
10/2/1996Mother Teresa made honorary US citizen.
11/20/1947Parliament gives Indian government censorship powers over press at New Delhi.
3/9/1974Guru Amudan Sharma, famous Manipuri dance master, passed away.
3/9/1974Akbar left for Agra when he received the report of widespread rebellion. He arrived in Ahmedabad by forced marches on the eleventh day.
2/12/1990The Berlin Wall is taken down February 12. Germany is reunited over the next year. Warsaw Pact is dissolved.