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Historical Event on 3/2/1997

Bangalore's Dr. B. V. Ravi Kumar develops India's first indigenously made HIV detection kit.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/12/1998Bihar flood toll mounts to 320.
5/13/1998World Bank cancels India donors meet.
8/2/1987Geet Sethi retains the World Amateur Billiards title.
9/29/1836Chamber of Commerce and Industry was established in Madras
2/12/1928Lalit Mohan Sharma, former Chief Justice of Supreme Court, was born.
8/15/1947On the the stroke of mid-night on 14th August 1947, India became independent and was partitioned. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru became the first prime minister and Dr. Rajendra Prasad became the first president of free India. The mixed economy policy was taken on a five-year plan basis for economic development. On 26th January 1950, India became a democratic and is the biggest democracy of the world today. In 1956, on the basis of languages, India was divided into 14 states and 6 union territories. Today, there are 27 states and 7 union territories.
7/31/1990Charan Singh Rathi at New Delhi sets record for 20 km W. in 1.25.48\_\_.
2/5/1949Judgement on Gandhi's murder; Godse and Apte to be executed.
3/1/1939Satish Kumar Sareen was born in Rawalpindi (now in Pakistan). He became the Air Chief Marshal.
8/1/1970Bhopal University was established.