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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 |
| 7/2/1941 | Muhammad Baqa Jilani, one Test for India, 0-55, died at the age of 29. |
| 2/18/1988 | Jan Nayak Karpoori Thakur, freedom fighter, political leader, great social reformer, teacher and national president of Samyukta Socialist Party, passed away. |
| 8/8/1912 | Prabhulal Bhatnagar, mathematician and Padmabhushan awardee, was born. |
| 5/25/1941 | 5,000 drown in a storm at Ganges Delta region in India. |
| 8/15/1921 | Amrit Rai, novelist and translater, was born . |
| 3/11/1886 | Anandibai Gopalrao Joshi became the first Indian lady doctor. She passed the MBBS degree from Philadelphia University of America. |
| 7/30/1995 | Notification issued for the constitution of Jharkhand Autonomous District Council. |
| 8/15/1947 | Paramveer Chakra, Mahaveer Chakra, Veer Chakra instituted as 'Awards for Gallantry'. |
| 4/27/1994 | Supreme Court strikes down section 309 of the Indian Penal Code(which makes suicide a punishable offence)- violative of Article 21. |
| 4/6/1993 | Divya Bharati, famous Hindi film actress (Deewana), died at the age of 19. |
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