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Historical Event on 9/3/1997

Indore bench of Madhya Pradesh High Court directs the state government to pay an ex-gratia of Rs. 50,000 to the family of a college student, who had committed suicide following ragging in the hostel.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/2/1992President J.B.Patnaik, former Orissa CM and PCC (I), arrested on corruption charges.
9/9/1923First magazine 'Kiran' was published by Ravikiran Mandal.
5/8/1962Ravindra Bharti University established in West Bengal.
3/5/1948C. Rajagopalachari appointed the first Indian Governor General to succeed Lord Mountbatten on 21 June.
7/31/1974B. S. Chawla was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 15-08-1974.
5/1/1960Old Bombay province was divided between Maharashtra and Gujrat States.
8/27/1870Sharmajivi Sangha was established in Calcutta by Sashipada Banerji.
7/12/1932The 16,000-foot Shyok ice dam in the Himalayas bursts flooding the Indus Valley at Kashmir.
4/8/1894Lifetime of Swami Chandrashekarendra(1894-1994), venerated Shankaracharya saint of Kanchi monastery in South India.
9/5/1909Phiroze Edulji Palia, left-hand batsman and slow spin bowler, was born in Mumbai. He played in India's first Test at Lord's in 1932.