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Historical Event on 3/3/1997

Senior Officials Meeting of Indian Ocean Rim (IOR) countries begins in Mauritius.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/6/2000Mohan Lal bags Best Actor Award for his sensitive portrayal of a Kathakali artist in ''Vaanasprastham'' and the film wins the Best Feature Film and Best Editing Awards at the 47th National Film Festival-2000.
11/30/1990Admiral Laxmi Narayan Ramdas takes over as Chief of Naval Staff.
9/10/1858Manilal Nathubhai Dwivedi, great author and father of modern Gujarati poems, was born.
4/16/1930Rioting continues in India as British police fire on mob of 10,000.
5/2/1974700 union leaders arrested in a move to avert a rail strike in New Delhi.
7/25/1961Delhi upgraded as an A-class city on the basis of provisional Census figures of 1961.
1/25/1992Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhai Tata (1904-1993).
7/10/1924Johannes B van Heutsz, Governor General of Dutch Indies (1904-09), died at the age of 73.
7/13/1974India's first one-day international was played vs England at Headingley.
5/8/1997India decides to import currency notes for the first time.