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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 |
| 2/10/1930 | Shrikant Kirloskar, director of 'Kirloskar Udyog Samuh', was born. |
| 2/10/1930 | Qutubu'd-din Aibak (1206-1210) was crowned at Lahore after the death of Muhammad of Ghuri. He was originally a slave of Turkestan. As he started his career as a slave, the dynasty founded by him in India is known as ""Slave Dynasty"". The construction of Qutabminar was started during his regime. Since he was very generous, the people called him ""Lakh Baksh"". |
| 11/1/1932 | Anadi Sankar Gupta, great educationist, was born at Goila, Bangladesh. |
| 12/6/1998 | 13th Asian Games inaugurated at Bangkok. |
| 1/17/1922 | T. A. Pai, former Central Minister and bank expert, was born. |
| 8/7/1990 | Govt. of India accepts the Mandal Commission's recommendations and decides to reserve 27\% jobs for the backward classes. Violent protests rock parts of Northern India against Mandal Commission. |
| 7/7/1998 | Nag, indigenously developed anti-tank missile, is test-fired again. |
| 10/2/1971 | Gandhi Sadan was handed over to the nation. |
| 7/24/1989 | A majority of opposition members in Lok Sabha resign on the issue of C & AG report on Bofors gun deal. |
| 7/24/1989 | Maharana Pratap, great revolutionary, soldier and freedom fighter, was born. |
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