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Historical Event on 2/3/1997

Major fire reduces Calcutta Book Fair to ashes.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/1/1992The 79,698 crore Eighth Plan launched.
7/17/1987V. P. Singh announces resignation from Congress; R. Venkataraman elected President of India.
6/22/1971Habib Muhammad died.
10/5/1878First Indian circus was played by Vishnu Moreshwar Chhatre of Sangli at Mumbai.
8/19/1946Cabinet Mission's plan announced an interim government, which was formed by reconstituting the Viceroy's Executive Council. The Muslim League took umbrage and started direct action. Riots broke out as Muslims attacked Hindu's in Calcutta and the rest of Bengal. The Viceroy persuaded the Muslim League to join the government. But the League declined to join the Constituent Assembly unless the demand for a seperate state of ""Pakistan"" was conceded.
7/14/1928Bedabrata Barua, educationist, social reformer and politician, was born.
5/12/1952Washington welcomes its first female ambassador, India's Shrimati Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit.
3/6/1971Test debut of Sunil Gavaskar vs West Indies at Port-of-Spain.
7/16/1905A decision to boycott British goods was taken at Bagarhat.
4/27/1918Gandhiji attends Viceroy's War Conference at Delhi and addresses it in Hindustani; subsequently tours Kaira District to raise recruits for army.