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Historical Event on 3/2/1997
Bangalore's Dr. B. V. Ravi Kumar develops India's first indigenously made HIV detection kit.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/18/1987 | Amitabh Bachhan resigns his Lok Sabha membership. |
| 1/18/1999 | Prof. Amartya Sen, Nobel Laureate, is selected for Bharat Ratna. |
| 1/10/1993 | Atleast 15 people are killed in Bombay on the 5th day of riots between Hindus and Muslims. |
| 1/14/1959 | Indira Gandhi, Nehru's daughter, emerges as leading choice for president in New Delhi. |
| 2/21/1959 | Press Club of India was founded in New Delhi. |
| 11/27/1994 | Shyam Vyas, veteran Hindi story writer, passed away. |
| 7/8/1996 | Tamil Nadu Govt. moves SC for fresh directions to Karnataka govt. for release of 15 tmc. ft. of water. |
| 7/11/2000 | Amrita Pritam, noted litterateur, honoured with the highest award for Punjabi literature for the century:""Shatabdi Samman"". |
| 11/10/1990 | Two Burmese youth hijack a Thai Airlines Airbus with 221 passengers on board to Calcutta. |
| 4/5/1990 | Mrs.Sheela Flather, an Indian national, becomes the first Asian to be nominated to the House of Lords. |
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