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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
9/24/1997E. S. Venkataramiah (72), former Chief Justice of India, died in Bangalore.
11/5/1907Special commissioner appointed to deal with famine conditions.
5/10/198559 were killed and 150 wounded in Sikh attacks.
6/5/1995A three-week long, the first ever Indo-US joint army training exercise begins.
12/11/1926Kamala Kant Pandey was born at Varanasi. He was the first Indian agriculture graduate to win the London Exhibition Scholarship. He was elected fellow of the Linnean Society of London in 1966. In 1975, he made the discovery of a ""revolutionary technique in plant breeding
3/29/1977S. N. Mathur became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 02/05/77).
12/20/1998Dr. B. V. Raman (86), a reputed astrologer, dies in Bangalore following a cardiac arrest. He was the Editor of The Astrological Magazine.
11/10/1991South Africa's first cricket One-day international since 1970 vs India.
3/3/1989Gwal Pahari in Haryana switched on the solar energy centre of the first pilot 50 kilowatt solar power plant.
4/1/1869Income Tax was imposed. On the same day New Indian Divorce Act came into operation.