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Historical Event on 3/2/1997
Bangalore's Dr. B. V. Ravi Kumar develops India's first indigenously made HIV detection kit.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/5/1984 | Rakesh Sharma,Squadron leader, becomes India's first spaceman when he is launched aboard Soyuz T-11 of Soviet Union. |
| 8/22/1993 | Gundu Rao, former Chief Minister of Karnataka, died. He was 56. |
| 3/29/1942 | Britain offered dominion status to India after the war if it cooperated now. |
| 10/22/1997 | Indian veterans take winning 3-0 lead against Pakistan in the five-match cricket series. |
| 6/1/1964 | Nava Paisa, established in 1947, was renamed as 'Paisa'. |
| 5/1/1926 | Jim Corbett killed the notorious man-eating leopard of Rudraprayag at Gulabrai village, who had attacked and killed about 125 people. |
| 12/1/1998 | Dhian Singh (103), freedom fighter dies at Palampur, Himachal Pradesh. He was a member of the Indian National Army and was jailed a number of times during the freedom movement. |
| 3/18/1922 | Mohandas K. Gandhi ""Mahatma,"" the great spirit, sentenced by British authorities to six years in prison for sedition at Sabarmati. Gandhi was sentenced just eight days after he was arrested. The British acted hastily after government officials in London and India were criticized for not arresting him sooner. In London, the Secretary of State for India was forced to resign because of the controversy over Gandhi. In India, the arrests of Gandhi and other Indian nationalists had only increased sympathy for their cause. |
| 3/18/1922 | Portuguese Catholics conquer Goa under Albuquerque, the then Governor, to serve as capital of their Asian maritime empire beginning conquest and exploitation of India by Europeans. |
| 6/6/1990 | GOI decides to extend validity of passports to 10 years. |
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