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Historical Event on 7/3/1997

Tamil actor Sivaji Ganesan gets 1996 Dada Saheb Phalke award for outstanding contribution to Indian cinema.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/10/1902Sir Ronald Ross was awarded the Nobel Prize for medicine for detecting the cause of Malaria.
2/9/1898The Rower of Persia', a short film produced at Calcutta was released on February 9 at Star Theatre, Calcutta.
12/30/1974Opening of the fifth Indian Film Festival. It was presided over by Satyajit Ray at New Delhi.
5/27/1930India's major cities are seething with unrest following the arrest of Mahatma Gandhi and thousands of his followers in the campaign of civil disobedience against British rule. Civil unrest in Bombay, where at least six were killed and sixty injured.
6/18/1926Bhishma Singh Chauhan, great author, was born at Naglajula (U.P).
1/18/1998India overtake a Pakistan total of 314 to win one-day final in Dhaka.
3/8/1948Air India International was established for overseas services.
3/31/1980Nirmal Mukherjee, the last Indian Civil Service Officer, retired from service as Cabinet Secretary.
6/5/1974Smallpox epidemic in the country.
1/10/199627th International Film Festival of India begins in New Delhi.