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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
7/29/1901Rudyard Kipling, the renowned author of stories and poems about colonial India and an unofficial spokesman for the British Empire, joined the rising chorus of criticism in regard to Britain's conduct in the increasingly unpopular Boer War.
4/18/1971Gavaskar makes 220 in second innings vs West Indies after 124 in first.
10/4/1992D. M. Sutar, freedom fighter and senior journalist, died.
4/1/1989Bengal regains Santosh Trophy by beating Kerala.
8/12/1922Chunilal Kalidas Madiya, famous Gujrati one-act player, play wright story writer and novelist, was born.
10/1/1997Bus with 70 people fell into a stream near Cuddappah.
6/15/1993PM Narasimha Rao visits Oman; India and Oman decide to give each other MFN status.
5/1/1996P. Shiv Shanker, Kerala Governor, resigns in view of the ongoing CBI investigation against him in the hawala case.
6/25/1993Mahadevan, SBI MD, sacked in the wake of his role in the securities scam.
9/28/1996Sukh Ram sent to Tihar jail in assets case.