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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 |
12/8/1942 | Hemant Shamsunder Kanitkar, cricketer (batted in two Tests India v WI 1974), was born in Amravati, Maharashtra. |
2/13/1879 | Sarojini Naidu ""Nightingale of India"", was born at Hyderabad. She was the first Governor of Uttar Pradesh. She also holds a place of pride among the women freedom fighters of India. She presided over the Kanpur session of Indian National Congress and took active part in Salt Satyagraha and represented Indian women in Round Table Conference, London, 1931. |
2/13/1879 | Taimurlang passed away. |
2/23/1997 | Justice J. S. Verma appointed Chief Justice of India. |
10/5/1991 | Ramnath Goenka, journalist and founder chairman of the Indian Express Newspapers Group, died at the age of 87 years. |
9/5/1962 | Dr. Radhakrishnan's birthday declared as Teachers Day. |
9/19/1990 | Rajeev Goswami, a student of Delhi University, attempts to self immolate himself in protest against the implementation of Mandal Commission Report. |
5/30/1995 | Notification issued for the constitution of Jharkhand Autonomous District Council. |
10/17/1999 | Indian men bagged bronze in the Asian team chess championship in Shenyang. |
7/3/1897 | Hansa Mehta, educationist and social reformer, was born at Surat (Gujarat). |
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