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Historical Event on 1/3/1997

Government announces setting up of a Central Board for bank frauds.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/12/1969Indira Gandhi, who was expelled from Congress for indiscipline during President elections, made a large split and formed her own Congress Party with Jagjivan Ram as President. The party is recognised as Congress (I).
1/23/1993Indian Airlines B737 crashes at Aurangabad, 61 die.
11/9/1993Tamil Nadu Assembly urges the Centre to amend Constitution to retain 69\% reservation for backward classes.
3/3/1921Ahmed Gulsher, freedom fighter and politician, was born at Satna (M.P).
12/31/1995K.P.S. Gill, DGP of Punjab, retires from service.
10/14/1998Prof. Amartya Sen was awarded the 1998 Nobel Prize for Economics. He became the sixth Indian, by birth or citizenship, to win a Nobel.
8/14/1998Classical vocalist Shamshad Begum, who enthralled radio listeners in the 30s and 40s, died in Mumbai.
2/3/1954Over 350 Hindus trampled to death in a stampede at religious rites at New Delhi.
10/24/1851First official telegraph line was opened between Calcutta and Daimond Harbour spanning 33.8 km.
11/14/1995Supreme Court gave patients the right to drag careless doctors to Court.