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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
7/29/1884Tyagraj Paramshiv Kailasam, leading playwright of Kannad language, was born.
9/3/1997Anjan (Lalji Pandey), well known lyricist and noted poet, died.
10/30/1908Pasumpon Muthuramalingam Thevar, freedom fighter and social worker, was born at Pasumpon village, Tamil Nadu.
4/10/1937Shridhar Vyanktesh Ketkar, creator of Maharashtra Gyankosh and Sociologist, passed away.
10/24/1992Narmada, World Bank sets time to correct defects.
12/19/2000A massive blaze guts Mehboob Studio, one of the oldest in Mumbai city.
7/24/2000S. Vijayalakshmi becomes the first Indian woman Grandmaster in the International Grandmasters chess tournament held in Hyderabad.
6/30/1995CNN launches a 24-hour news channel in partnership with Doordarshan.
10/15/1676King of England permitted the East India Company to mint the Rupee and Paisa coins at Bombay.
4/6/1606Khusru Prince and his father Jahangir rebelled and fled from Agra.