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Historical Event on 3/1/1997

Gopi Chand and P.V.V. Lakshmi retain individual titles and India takes team titles in SAARC badminton in Colombo.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/27/1991Justice J.S. Verma of the Supreme Court appointed to probe into Rajiv Gandhi murder case.
11/12/1885Firodia Kundanmal Shobhachand, politician and Gandhian, was born.
5/21/1994Sushmita Sen (Miss India), 18, was crowned as the 43rd Miss Universe.
4/8/1897Henrich Von Stephan, famous General Postal Union and freedom fighter, passed away.
3/9/1974Guru Amudan Sharma, famous Manipuri dance master, passed away.
2/3/1760Sadashiv Bhau, under a large Maratha army, defeated the Nizam in war of Udgir.
1/20/1993Bindeshwari Dube, former Chief Minister Bihar, passed away.
9/11/1875Koyaji Jahangir Kuwanrji, famous economist, was born.
9/2/1894Vinayak Mishra, famous Oriya litterateur, critic and historian, was born.
11/29/2000India strikes a counter-trade oil deal with Iraq as part of an effort to build a strategic relationship with Baghdad.