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Historical Event on 10/3/1997

Financial and operational autonomy to be given to 97 profit-making public sector enterprises ('mini-ratnas') other than the navaratnas.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/21/1934Buta Singh, former Home Minister of India, was born.
2/4/1990Ernakulam was declared the first totally literate district in India.
6/15/1948Rajah Annamalai Chettiar, famous musician, social worker and Governor of the Imperial Bank of India, passed away.
12/21/1956The Hindu Adoption Sub-Act 1956 was accepted.
9/30/2000India's Priyanka Chopra (18) wins the Miss World beauty pageant.
7/24/1989A majority of opposition members in Lok Sabha resign on the issue of C & AG report on Bofors gun deal.
1/30/1908Gandhiji was summoned to see General Smuts at Pretoria and released on reaching a compromise.
2/5/1986Laxmanrao Sardesai, famous Marathi and Konkani litterateur, passed away.
10/4/1907Riots in Calcutta.
11/13/1998Pravabati Devi (88), freedom fighter and `Mother Teresa of Orissa', dies at the orphanage set up by her at Chharchanpali.