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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
2/1/1889Judge Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha, Chief Justice and Supreme Court of India, was born.
3/17/1995Congress-I in Arunachal Pradesh wins two-third majority.
2/21/1959Press Club of India was founded in New Delhi.
3/7/2000A. Madhava Reddy, Andhra Pradesh Panchayati Raj Minister, dies in a landmine blast at Ghatkesar village in Ranga Reddy district.
12/28/1925Kasturbhai Lalbhai Shrenik, great industrialist, was born at Ahmedabad.
6/20/1939Ramakant Bhikaji Desai, cricketer (effective pace bowler for India in the 60s), was born in Bombay.
9/22/1931Gandhi meets Charlie Chaplin in London.
9/1/1976Indira Gandhi asks for sweeping new powers at New Delhi.
5/20/1991General Election (10th) of India begins.
12/31/1984Rajiv Gandhi was sworn is as the 6th Prime Minister of India. He succeeded his mother Indira Gandhi. He became the Prime Minister of India for a second time and first time after elections.