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Historical Event on 1/3/1997

Jayalalitha, former Tamil Nadu CM, inprisoned for 27 days, released on bail.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/21/1923Keshavrao Kothavle `Lalit', editor of monthly magazine, was born.
1/20/19481. Bomb exploded near Birla House during a prayer meeting of Gandhi. 2. Three member UN Commission for investigation/mediation on Kashmir. 3. K.M. Cariappa succeeded Lieutenant General D. Rissell as the Army Commander, Delhi and East Punjab and was responsible for conducting the operation in Kashmir.
8/7/1906First Tricoloured National Flag consisting of Green, Yellow and Red, with eight Lotuses on the top, second strip carrying ""Vande Matara"" in Devnagri and the third strip having Sun and Cresent Moon, was hoisted at Green Park in Calcutta by Surendranath Banerjee.
10/26/1930Gulal Bai Parekar, a14-year-old girl led a 13-girls team to hoist the national flag at Esplanade Park. A police sargeant tried to snach the flag and then kidnapped her.
4/22/1921Subhas Chandra Bose, resigned from Indian Civil Service, and formed South Calcutta Sevak Samiti after returning to India. He was also arrested for carrying our freedom movement.
7/25/1991Dr. V. K. R. V. Rao, famous economist and former central minister, passed away.
2/21/1998Romesh Bhandari, U.P. Governor, dismisses the Kalyan Singh Government and inducts an 18-member ministry headed by Jagadambika Pal of the Loktantrik Congress Party. BJP moves the Allahabad High Court. BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate, A. B. Vajpayee, goes on a ""fast-unto-death"".
5/15/1999The BJP and at least 13 of its allies rename themselves the National Democratic Alliance.
7/16/1917Jagdishchandra Mathur, modern Hindi playwright, was born.
9/10/199587 of the 180 members of the newly constituted JAAC assume office.