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Historical Event on 3/1/1997
India `A' blanks Sri Lanks 5-0 in the inaugural tennis `Tests' in Delhi.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/11/1931 | Mahendranath Yeshwant Gupte, cricket test umpire for 1 test in 1984-85, was born at Mumbai. |
| 12/20/1920 | Justice Ali Sayyed Murtuza Fazal was born. |
| 8/18/1958 | Dr.Bhagwandas, famous Congress leader and theosophist, died. |
| 6/9/1948 | Laloo Prasad Yadav, former Chief Minister of Bihar, was born. |
| 12/25/1943 | Japanese bombers raid Chittagong. |
| 2/6/1966 | Madurai Kamraj University established. |
| 12/31/1961 | 99 Infantry Brigade Group, under Brigadier K S Raja, launched operations in Katanga province and regained full control of Katanga amidst stiff resistance offered by a break away faction (Katangese gendarmerie). |
| 7/11/1997 | Ten persons were killed as police opened fire on Dalit mob which attacked vehicles in protest against desecration of Ambedkar bust in Ramabai Ambedkar Nagar in north-east Mumbai. |
| 9/8/1982 | Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah, former Chief Minister of Kashmir, who dominated the political scene of Jammu and Kashmir for 50 years, died. He was 77. |
| 11/9/1993 | Tamil Nadu Assembly urges the Centre to amend Constitution to retain 69\% reservation for backward classes. |
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