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Historical Event on 1/3/1997

Government announces setting up of a Central Board for bank frauds.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/16/1998India rejects China's charges on N-tests.
9/10/1918Muslim riots break out in Calcutta.
1/31/1995ISRO and Intelsat sign a $100 m 10-year-long agreement for leasing some of the capacity of the Indian-built INSAT-2E (scheduled for launch in 1997).
1/28/1900General K.M. Cariappa, first Indian Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army, was born at Sanivara, Santhai (Coorg).
10/16/1999Dr. Najma Heptulla, Deputy Chairperson of the Rajya Sabha, is elected president of the 138-nation Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU).
5/23/1996Joint Opposition candidate Purno A. Sangma (Cong. MP from Meghalaya) unanimously elected Speaker of 11th Lok Sabha.
6/1/1874East India Company was dissolved.
3/21/1995A.K. Antony elected CM of Kerala.
4/16/1934Ram Damodar Naik was born in Sangli (Maharashtra).
12/1/2000An armed intruder snipes at naval commando Satvir Singh at the official residence of the Navy Chief Admiral Sushil Kumar in the high- security Rajaji Marg area in New Delhi. The Navy sets up an enquiry board to probe the incident.