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Historical Event on 9/3/1997
India and E.U. sign an agreement envisaging a $200 m. E.U. aid for the country's primary health care programme.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/31/1984 | Indira Gandhi, India's four-time prime minister, was gunned down by two members of her personal security guard as she walked from her home to her office in New Delhi. She died after four hours of emergency surgery. The only daughter of former Prime Minister Nehru was 66. Both of her attackers were identified as members of the Sikh religion. One was shot dead. The other was captured. Sikh extremists had threatened to kill Ms. Gandhi since she ordered the raid on their shrine in Amritsar. She had told an interviewer that she was not intimidated by the threats. 'I am not afraid,' she said. 'I am frequently attacked.' |
| 1/12/1993 | Ramakanth Rath, well-known Oriya poet, gets the Saraswathi Samman of Rs.3 lakh. |
| 3/17/1863 | Sayajirao Gaekwad of Baroda was born. |
| 7/4/1994 | Labhuben Mehta, famous Gujrathi author, died. |
| 10/31/1975 | Sachin Dev Burman, famous music director, died. |
| 1/11/1958 | Two lakh Indians in East Pakistan were rounded up and lodged in concentration camps. |
| 4/10/1955 | India and Vietnam affirm the Panchsheel. |
| 11/21/1973 | Seth Govinddas, M.P. of Jabalpur, was honoured in the Central Hall of Parliament for completion of 50 years in Parliament, which was an unprecedented record. |
| 7/12/1920 | Siddharthacharry V, educationist and diplomat, was born at Mysore. |
| 1/29/1948 | Angry refugees ask Gandhiji to retire to the Himalayas. |
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