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Historical Event on 3/1/1997

India under-19 team wins third `Test', claims three-test series 2-0 win in Matara.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/20/1998Mr. Jaswant Singh, Prime Minister's special envoy, and U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Strobe Talbott discuss nuclear non-proliferation and security-related issues in New Delhi.
12/27/1975A coal-mine was exploded at Chasnala mine near Dhanbad. It was India's worst coal mine disaster.
10/19/1888Namakkal Kavignar, Gandhian poet and painter, was born at Mohanur in Salem.
9/4/1825Dadabhai Naoroji, first Indian in British parliament and merchant, was born at Navsari, Gujarat. He coined the word 'Swaraj'.
8/8/1967Central government, for the first time since independence, suffered a token defeat in the Lok Sabha.
1/22/1963The National Library for the Blind, the first national institute of its kind, was set up at Dehradun.
6/8/1990Krishna Prasad Bhattarai, Nepal PM, and his Indian counterpart V.P.Singh decide to restore normal ties.
11/18/1973Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry, passed away. She came to India in 1914.
9/21/1962Major General I. J. Rikhye completed the task in accordance with the memorandum to UNSF, thus fulfilling the mandate of cessation of hostilities without any incident.
5/27/2000In a mini cabinet reshuffle, Nitish Kumar gets back his Agriculture portfolio, while Dilip Ray resigns as Minister of State for Steel.