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Historical Event on 1/2/1997

Bihar wins team titles in both men's and women's sections in national archery. Limba Ram and Purnima Mahato, both of Bihar, win individual crowns in men's and women's sections respectively. Turkey's `Pocket Hercules', weightlifter Naim Suleymanoglu, who captured three Olympic gold medals, calls it a day in Ankara.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/18/1919Rowlatt Act, intended to perpetuate the extraordinary powers enjoyed by the Government under Lord Chelmsford during the war, provokes countrywide protests. This Rowlatt Act was forced instead of 1915 Indian Security Act which reduced freedom of Indian people.
5/18/1998India may take the US to WTO.
10/11/1993CBI files chargesheet against stock-broker Hiten Dalal and 3 others for defrauding Canbank Mutual Fund over Rs.102 crore.
10/20/1774New Regulating Act was introduced which abolished the East India Company Government and a new Government was formed.
2/6/1995India and France decide to set up permanent Secretariat in Paris during the Indo-French Joint Business Council in Delhi.
12/1/1989National Front decides to form a government with outside support from the BJP and the Left Parties.
8/25/1963Allama Mashriqi, Muslim leader, passed away.
1/12/1946De-monetisation of currency notes of the value of Rs. 500 and above.
8/27/1910Mother Teresa, [Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu], nobel Prize awardee and social worker, was born in Skopje, Macedonia in Yugoslavia.
1/28/1984Dozen's of Sikh Militants arrested in India's troubled Punjab State after terrorists killed 3 people and injured 31 in grenade attack.