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Historical Event on 1/3/1997

Jayalalitha, former Tamil Nadu CM, inprisoned for 27 days, released on bail.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/23/1999An Australian missionary, Graham Stewart Staines, and his two sons Philip and Timothy are burnt to death by miscreants near Manoharpur village in Orissa's Keonjhar district.
3/4/1961First Indian aircraft carrier naval fighter vessel ''I.N.S. Vikrant'' was commissioned in Belfast.
3/4/1961Allau'd-din Hasan Gangu alias Jafar Khan. The Muslim kingdom of Bahmani dynasty in the south as Sultan Allau'd-din Khalji. He renamed Gulbarga, his capital as 'Hasanabad'.
3/14/1998Sonia Gandhi takes over as the Congress(I) president from Sitaram Kesri.
6/12/1975Allahabad court voids Indira Gandhi's election as premier, citing corruption at New Delhi.
1/21/1993Chander Pal at Bangalore sets record for High Jump in 2.17.
12/29/1844W.C. Bonerjee, first President of the Indian National Congress, was born in Kidderpore, Calcutta.
4/2/1933Sir Ranjitsinhji Vibhaji ""Ranji"", Maharaj, jamsaheb of Nawanagar and noted cricketer, passed away. He was referred as ""The prince of a little state, but the King of a great game"". He scored 989 Test runs with a 1st-class avg. 56.
5/1/1997Abhijit Kunte wins National `A' chess championshop for men.
11/1/1949Thomason Collage at Roorkee, Uttar Pradesh, was raised to the status of an Engineering University - the first of its kind in India.