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Historical Event on 11/3/1997

American Consulate General in Chennai starts issuing visitor's visa with 10-year validity.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/16/1933Mahatma Gandhi goes on fast for being denied to continue the anti-untouchability propaganda.
3/6/1775Raghunath Rao signed treaty of Surat with British ending the first Anglo-Maratha War.
10/25/1999Pramod Mahajan, Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, says, ""No objection to Bofors discussion.
4/4/1905More than 10,000 people are feared to have perished in an earthquake that hit the northeast Indian province of Lahore during the night. The town of Dharmsala was almost completely razed to the ground with the entire population rendered homeless and sleeping out in icy conditions. Five hundred Gurkha soldiers were buried alive when their stonebuilt barracks collapsed on them. The towns of Kangra and Palampur have also been leveled to the ground by the worst natural disaster measured at 8 on Ricter Scale. In Lahore, 70 Hindus were killed, Muslim inhabitants were parading in the streets, weeping and offering up prayers with ceremonial rites. Several British administrators and missionaries were known to have been killed or injured. At Simla, Lady Curzon, wife of the Viceroy, had a close escape from death when a chimney crashed into the room in which she was sleeping.
12/11/1687Madras' first presidency chartered with a Mayor s court as a Municipal Corporation.
12/14/1998The Government introduces the controversial Women's Reservation Bill in the Lok Sabha.
5/1/1909Madame Bhikaji Cama secretly left London and went to France where she was wrote and spoke about the cruelty of Britishers.
5/15/1998The Indian Army at Chandilora (Tangmey) captured 15 kg charas, 400 gm dust of charas and 12 kg leaves of charas.
3/19/1954The first helicopter S-55 arrived at Bombay by sea.
10/30/1997Kerala Kaumudi's Kannur edition and Internet edition begin.