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Historical Event on 1/3/1997
Congress President Sitaram Kesri elected leader of Congress Parliamentary Party, and Sharad Pawar appointed leader of the Congress in the Lok Sabha.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/26/1919 | Rotary Club's first Indian meeting was held. |
| 10/21/1762 | Herman W Daendels, Brig-General and Governor General of Dutch-Indies (1807-11), was born. |
| 6/14/1929 | Jatindra Nath Das was arrested in Calcutta. |
| 2/18/1871 | Vithhalbhai Javherbhai Patel, great nation lover and veteran parliament member, was born. |
| 1/12/1918 | C. Ramchandra (Chitalkar), famous film music director, was born. |
| 2/25/1938 | Farokh Manekshaw Engineer, great Indian cricket wicket-keeper (1961-75), was born in Bombay. |
| 4/12/1917 | Mulvantrai Himatlal Mankad better known as ""Vinoo Mankad"", cricketer (India's greatest all-rounder to his time), was born at Jamnagar. |
| 1/2/1947 | Mahatma Gandhi met Lord Bevin, the personal emissary of British Prime Minister Winston Churchil, in Delhi. Beven is reported to have told the great man, ''Eighteen languages, 500 dialects, some 30 religions, a million Gods and Goddesses, 300 million individuals, an infinity of castes and sub castes, and a population (that is) practically illiterate and half of which (are) beggars or thieves... Good luck, sir! Such a nation is ungovernable! It'd take you centuries to get anywhere!''. Gandhiji wrapped his large, white shawl a little more closely around him, and modestly replied, 'India has eternity before her.. and ""All around me is utter darkness"". |
| 10/21/1906 | Gandhiji went to England till Nov 30 on deputation to present Indians' case to Colonial Secretary. |
| 5/5/1944 | Gandhi-Jinnah talks break down on Pakistan issue. |
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