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Historical Event on 1/2/1997

Bihar wins team titles in both men's and women's sections in national archery. Limba Ram and Purnima Mahato, both of Bihar, win individual crowns in men's and women's sections respectively. Turkey's `Pocket Hercules', weightlifter Naim Suleymanoglu, who captured three Olympic gold medals, calls it a day in Ankara.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/30/1955Narayan Malhar Joshi, father of Indian Worker's Movement, passed away.
10/10/1962Indies assault up Chinese positions in north India attack
2/20/1947British Prime Minister Clement Attlee announced in the House of Commons, London, that Britain will release India before June 1948 and for this purpose Lord Louis Mountbatten was appointed to work as the new Viceroy of India.
1/2/1990Capt. Nivedita Bhasin, 26, becomes the youngest woman pilot in world civil aviation history to command a jet aircraft.
3/19/1998BJP-led coalition government is sworn in. Atal Behari Vajpayee became the second time Prime Minister of India.
12/9/1999Several MPs in the Lok Sabha demand resignation of the CBI chief in the Priyadarshini Matto murder case.
8/6/1996SC asks Harshad Mehta to pay Rs. 217 crore to I.T. department.
5/6/1967Dr. Zakir Hussain elected President.
3/1/1961The first AN-12B arrived in India. This was added in the force because of the increasing frequency of clashes with Chinese forces on the Sino-lndian Himalayan border and the need that these revealed for yet further increase in airlift capability, together with a requirement for medium helicopters suitable for high-altitude operation, orders were placed in the Soviet Union for eight Antonov An- 12B and 24IL-yushin 11- 14 transport aircraft plus 10 Mi-4 helicopters.
11/3/1997India presents G-15 with agenda for a fair deal in Kuala Lumpur. India calls upon Group of 15 developing countries to ""build convergences among nations and encourage G-7 to pursue structured and issue-based dialogue with us'