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Historical Event on 1/3/1997

Congress President Sitaram Kesri elected leader of Congress Parliamentary Party, and Sharad Pawar appointed leader of the Congress in the Lok Sabha.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/19/1977Cyclone hits Andhra Pradesh causing flooding and tidal waves and killing 10,000.
8/25/1998Resurgent India Bonds garner more than 4 billion dollars of which 30\% are from the Middle East, 20\% each from South east Asia, US and Europe.
10/28/1996Dengue Haemorrhagic Fever (DHF) spills into Western UP from Delhi.
6/4/1953University of Cambridge confers honorary Doctorate of Laws on J. L. Nehru.
6/4/1953Ruknud-din Firuz Shah, son of Emperor Iltutmish, was assassinated.
9/3/1931Dr. Chandreshwarprasad Rachamohan Thakur was born in Dubaha, Distt. Muzaffarpur (Bihar).
4/16/1997Govt. orders foreign and domestic airlines to install air safety systems by the end of 1998. Aircraft with more than 30 seats that do not have Airborne Collision Avoidance System and transponders not to be allowed into Indian airpace from 1/1/99.
2/16/1997Tribal militants kill 21 persons in Tripura.
11/1/1949Thomason Collage at Roorkee, Uttar Pradesh, was raised to the status of an Engineering University - the first of its kind in India.
1/15/1988Narendra Hirwani makes a world record by capturing 16 West Indies wickets on Test debut at Chidambaram Stadium in Madras.