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Historical Event on 3/1/1997

India under-19 team wins third `Test', claims three-test series 2-0 win in Matara.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/18/1999Three Lashkar-e-Taiba militants, including its Chief Commander, are killed in a fierce encounter with Special Operations Group (SOG) in Jammu and Kashmir.
9/30/1989INS Shalki, India's first indigenously built submarine, launched in Bombay.
6/5/1995A three-week long, the first ever Indo-US joint army training exercise begins.
8/1/1997Nitin Mongia wins Laser standard in sailing championship in Hyderabad.
7/24/1999Om Prakash Chautala is sworn in the Chief Minister of Haryana, and will seek trust vote on July 27.
1/10/1896Shri Narhar Vishnu Gadgil (Kakasaheb), famous politician, freedom fighter, lawyer, prolific writer, social reformer, nationalist leader and litterateur, was born.
4/10/1901Amiya Chakravarty, educationist, was born at Serampore in West Bengal.
1/25/1989Congress-I ministry headed by S. C. Jamir assumes office in Nagaland.
11/30/1989Congress (I) emerges largest party in Lok Sabha by winning 193 seats, Congress (I) rule in Karnataka and Veerendra Patil made the Chief Minister.
6/9/1964Lal Bahadur Shastri became the second Prime Minister of India when the country was shocked of Jawaharlal Nehru's death and Indo-China war. Shastri gave the quotation ""Jai Jawan Jai Kisan"" which motivated the war-affected Indians to boost their morale. He remained in this office till he died on January 11, 1966 at Taskent. In his cabinet, Indira Gandhi served as Minister of Information and Broadcasting.