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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 |
| 12/13/1984 | The death toll in a toxic gas leak from an insecticide plant in Bhopal, India, now is estimated at 2,100, and tens of thousands of residents fled the city today after it was announced that the Union Carbide plant would be started up again to neutralize the effect. |
| 12/23/2000 | The Centre gives a green signal to West Bengal Government's proposal to rename Calcutta as ''Kolkata''. |
| 9/30/1999 | India successfully test-fired its multi-target surface-to-air missile 'Akash'. |
| 4/24/1966 | Margashayam Venkataramana, cricketer (Indian off-spinner 1989), was born in Secunderabad. |
| 6/3/1924 | Muthuvel Karunanidhi, politician and playwright, was born in Thirukkuvalai (Thanjavur). |
| 1/3/1952 | India adopted birth control program with aid of U.N. World Health Organization. |
| 5/5/1989 | Naval Tata, famous industrialist, passed away. |
| 3/4/1858 | J. P. Walker, British Officer, along with 200 prisoners who were mainly from the Indian Sepoy Mutiny, sailed from Calcutta to start a new settlement in the Andaman Islands. |
| 7/7/1763 | Britishers declared Mir Jafer as Nawab of Bengal. |
| 6/3/1818 | Maratha wars between British & Maratha Confederacy in India ends. |
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