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Historical Event on 3/2/1997

Michel Camdessus, Managing Director, IMF, congratulates India on its pursuit of steady and higher economic growth.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/15/1949Chandernagore joins the Indian Union. Panchayati Raj inaugurated in 114,000 villages.
9/10/1911Jatin Chakravorty, social reformer, politician and trade unionist, was born at Comilla, Bangladesh.
12/14/1999India lost to Australia by 285 runs in Adelaide in the first cricket Test.
2/18/2000Pandit Ravi Shankar is selected for this year's Subbarami Reddy Kalapeetham Foundation Award, a life-time achievement award, for his contribution to Indian music.
9/18/1967English was adopted the official language of Nagaland .
10/29/1920Jamia Milliya Islamia was founded by Dr. Jakir Husain and his collegues at Aligarh. 'Khilafat' and the Non- Cooperation Movement were an integral part of policy animating.
4/20/1992U. K. Kanitkar, famous scientist, and professor, passed away.
6/23/1997India and Pakistan reach accord on joint working groups to address outstanding issues including Kashmir and Siachen.
7/12/1993West Bengal Governor Dr. Nurul Hasan, 72, died.
7/4/1897Alluri Seetaram Raju, freedom fighter, was born in a Kshatriya clan in Andhra Pradesh. He is rememberred as one of the great sons of India in the annals of Indian history who fought valiantly for his motherland in the early period of the freedom movement.