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Historical Event on 3/2/1997

Michel Camdessus, Managing Director, IMF, congratulates India on its pursuit of steady and higher economic growth.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/27/1854Lord Dalhousie captured Jhansi under the East India Company.
6/20/1921Tilak University was established.
9/25/1857Lucknow relief by Havelock & Outram begins.
8/6/1998SriKrishna Commission report was tabled by the Maharashtra government. It was rejected by the ruling alliance whom it heavily indicted.
8/13/1947Riots sweep Lahore in Punjab; mobs stone Gandhi's house.
4/24/1918Durgaprasad Dhar, former Vice President of Planning Commission, was born.
2/10/1806Father Kuriakose Elias Chavara, freedom fighter and social reformer, was born at Kainakary , Kerala.
12/3/1971Hostilities broke out between India and Pakistan. On the very night that hostilities commenced, with Pakistan bombing several air fields, IN Ships 'Rajput' and 'Akshay' were leaving Vishakapatnam harbour when they obtained a sonar contact. They fired several depth charges and proceeded on their mission when there was no further evidence of a submarine's presence. Thereafter, a loud explosion of rattling windows panes off the Vishakapatnam beach was heard . The Pakistani submarine 'Ghazi' (a Tench class submarine obtained from the USA in 1964) had come to grief.
2/12/1990Assembly election in Manipur.
12/22/1999CPI (M) is against India signing the CTBT.