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Historical Event on 3/1/1997

India `A' blanks Sri Lanks 5-0 in the inaugural tennis `Tests' in Delhi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/5/1981Rajan Mahadevan recites 31,811 digits of ¦(pie) from memory.
12/15/1965Maharastra State Agriculture Industry Development Corporation established.
8/3/1905Uma Datt Sraswat, famous writer, was born at Biswan in U.P.
4/19/1998Jayalalitha, AIADMK leader, demands that all ''tainted leaders'' be dropped by the Vajpayee Government or that Sedapatti R. Muthiah be taken back.
3/5/1989Baba Prithvisingh, founder of Labour Party, passed away.
10/9/1999Sunil Kumar and Sai Jayalakshmy won the men's and women's titles respectively in the National Tennis championship in Delhi. Akshay Vishal Rao emerged boys' under-18 champion.
7/18/1987Amitabh Bachhan resigns his Lok Sabha membership.
9/3/1906Prithviraj Kapoor, veteran film actor, was born in Peshawar. His first film was 'Challenge' (1929). He is the founder of Prithvi Theatre in Bombay. He is remembered for his immortal role of Akbar is film 'Mugul-E-Azam'.
4/1/1998Prabhat Kumar, a 1963 batch IAS officer, was appointed as the new Cabinet Secretary of India. He succeeded T.S.R. Subramaniam and held the office till 31-10-2000.
3/18/1944Azad Hind Fauj entered India (Japanese army) from the border of Burma and invaded north eastern India.