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Historical Event on 8/3/1997
Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes win the doubles title in the Canadian Maurier Super Nine Doubles Open tennis championships held in Montreal.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/16/1997 | Anupama Gokhale wins National women's `A' chess in Calcutta. |
| 1/20/1898 | Krishnarao Ganeshpant Fulanbrikar (Master Krishnarao), famous singer, actor and music director, was born. |
| 3/26/1996 | Indian all-rounder Manoj Prabhakar announces retirement from international cricket. |
| 11/13/1962 | Yezdani Gulam, great researcher, archeologist and art critic, died |
| 5/16/1998 | India rejects China's charges on N-tests. |
| 5/19/1991 | About 20 crore voters go to the polls in the first phase of election in 204 constituencies of the 10th Lok Sabha. |
| 8/14/1987 | Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan (1890-1988), Frontier Gandhi. He is the first non-Indian to receive this honour. |
| 1/14/1994 | Marathwada University renamed as Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University. |
| 10/11/1999 | Congress (I) Ministry under the leadership of Mukut Mithi is sworn-in in Arunachal Pradesh. |
| 11/25/1998 | Nitish Kumar, Railway Minister, lays the foundation stone for the Chengalpattu-Arakkonam gauge conversion in Kancheepuram. The Kanchi Shankaracharyas stay away from the function following a controversy triggered over the invitation extended to them by the Railways. |
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