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Historical Event on 3/4/1997

Govt. not to print Re. 1 , Rs. 2 & Rs. 5 currency notes any more, as these three denominations have been coinised.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/3/1900Nana Patil, great revolutionary, was born.
8/5/1905Subhadrakumari Chauvhan, famous Hindi poet, was born.
1/31/1992The Securities and Exchange Board of India given statutory power as an autonomous body.
1/1/1918Sir Edwin Lutyens was knighted in recognition of his quality of work at Delhi and his gratuitious services to the War Graves Commission.
1/7/1997Jaspal Rana bags six gold medals in the men's standard pistol and air pistol and set two more records on the penultimate day of the National shooting.
10/10/1993Helicopters along with the last batch of personnel were ferried out in an AN-12 from Delhi to Mogadishu. These helicopters were provided by 111 HU.
9/6/1996A Delhi court says there are grounds for framing charges of criminal conspiracy and corruption against L.K. Advani.
1/3/2000A. B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, accuses Pakistan for the hijack of an Indian Airlines aircraft. (The crisis ended on Dec. 31 last with the Vajpayee Government agreeing to free three terrorists in exchange for the passengers).
1/18/1985Spy ring cracked. Top Government officials, businessmen held.
3/5/1995Jalal Aga, famous comedian and character artist, passed away.