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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
6/9/1967Narayan Shripad Rajhans, alias Bal Gandharva, went into a coma in Bombay and never regained his consciousness.
6/1/1992Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Academy established at Satara.
2/1/194217 Indian Division's were withdrawn over vast stretches and the British evacuation in Burma was the longest in British military history. The Division was to subsequently extract terrible retribution from the Japanese Army during World War II and to destabilise the Indian Economy with forged notes of 5, 10 and 100 Rupees.
2/24/1786Charles Cornwallis appointed Governor-General of India.
6/24/1763Murshidabad was captured by the East India Company under Major Adams for the second time, and Mir Jaffar was declared the King.
11/21/1998India 'B' beats Sri Lanka 3-2 in the final of the Bristol Freedom Cup four-nation football tournament in Colombo.
6/24/1986Government announced that unmarried mothers under its employment would also get maternity leave.
12/24/1932The third and last Round Table conference on India ends. It was was held in London.
12/23/1964India & Ceylon hit by cyclone, about 4,850 killed.
11/20/1969The Union Home Ministry decides to reserve posts for SC\STs in the public sector undertakings.