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Historical Event on 1/3/1997

Congress President Sitaram Kesri elected leader of Congress Parliamentary Party, and Sharad Pawar appointed leader of the Congress in the Lok Sabha.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/30/1803East India Comapny captured Dehli, Agra and Bharooch.
11/16/1988India gives full recognition to the state of Palestine.
6/25/1900Louis Mountbatten, last British Voiceroy and first Governor General of independent India, was born at England.
5/24/2000The Supreme Court rejects the proposal for setting up benches outside Delhi.
2/20/1947British Prime Minister Clement Attlee announced in the House of Commons, London, that Britain will release India before June 1948 and for this purpose Lord Louis Mountbatten was appointed to work as the new Viceroy of India.
11/23/1948The beseiged garrison of Punch was relieved a full year after its siege. This meant that a firm grip had been established all the way from Pathankot on the major portions of this province.
8/7/1871Abanindranath Tagore, great modern artist and painter, was born at Jorasanko in Calcutta.
7/22/1702The ""English Company of Merchants"" and the old East India Company was named the United Company of Merchants of England Trading to the East Indies"". In1833, this name finally changed to East India Company.
2/25/1976India announces plan to penalize parents who have more than two children.
7/7/1799Ranjit Singh captured Lahore in Punjab from Sikh rulers.