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Historical Event on 3/2/1997

Bangalore's Dr. B. V. Ravi Kumar develops India's first indigenously made HIV detection kit.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/15/1946Victor Banerjee, actor (A Passage to India), was born in Calcutta, India.
2/26/1971Noel David, Hyderabad off-spinner who played ODI in 1997, was born.
10/5/1997Leander-Mahesh win China Open ATP Tour doubles event.
6/20/1948Lord Mountbatten resigns as the Governor General of Indian Union.
12/8/1980Soviet President Leonid Brezhnev visits New Delhi.
8/25/1999Former Indian Davis Cup captain Narendra Nath died in Delhi.
4/3/1926Muslim-Hindu riots destroy temples, killing 12, wounding 100 in Calcutta.
4/18/1978Sardar Sobha Singh, famous builder of modern New Delhi, passed away at the age of 90.
3/24/1990Indian Peace Keeping Force (IPKF) was withdrawn in toto from the northern and eastern provinces of Sri Lanka.
2/1/1881Cambridge Missionaries founded St. Stephen's College in Delhi.