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Historical Event on 2/3/1977

Government relaxes rules of Emergency to permit normal political activity and electioneering.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/13/2000Lara Dutta (21), who said beauty pageants give women a platform to ''voice our choices and opinions'' is named Miss Universe 2000 in the Cyprus capital Nicosia.
12/1/1993World AIDS day.
10/6/1954Nehru declared the National Health Scheme for the entire country.
5/11/1999Centre removes the West Bengal Governor A. R. Kidwai. The Arunachal Pradesh Governor Mata Prasad had also been asked to step down.
4/29/1947Abolition of ""untouchability"".
3/29/1996SC asks All India Indira Congress to modify its name as All Indira Congress (Tiwari).
1/28/1992Umanath Vachaspati, Magsesey Award winner, passed away.
7/21/1947Indian Constitution Assembly accepted the tricolour flag as its National Flag. This flag is with three equal horizontal stripes of Saffron (Sacrifice), White (Truth) and Green (Prosperity) and a Chakra is superimposed on white (Dharma Chakra on the capitol of Ashoka's Pillar at Sarnath) in blue colour having 24 spokes. The ratio of the width to length is two to three.
12/4/1959Power Project was signed betwen India and Nepal, an agreement on the Gandak Irrigation.
4/1/1993National Aeronautical Laboratory becomes National Aerospace Laboratories.