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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 |
| 6/28/1986 | Union Government sanctions maternity leave for unmarried women employees too. |
| 12/8/1999 | Dr. Shankar K. Pal of the Indian Statistical Institute selected for the G.D. Birla Award for 1999. |
| 1/20/1972 | Manipur, Meghalaya and Tripura become states of Indian union. Arunachal Pradesh and Mizoram become Union Territories. Assam's North East Frontier Agency (Nepha) was renamed as Arunachal Pradesh territory. |
| 5/10/1905 | Pankaj Malik, music director, was born. |
| 2/4/1948 | Rakeshchandra Satchidananda Shukla, cricket leg-spinner (1 Test India v Sri Lanka 1982), was born in Kanpur. |
| 4/6/1968 | Indira Gandhi,PM, inaugurated the construction of Bokaro Steel Plant. |
| 4/5/1930 | Mahatma Gandhi reached Dandi, a small costal village in Gujarat, after travelling 385 kms with 78 followers to break the recently imposed ""Salt Law"". This event is known as 'Dandi March' and was started from Sabarmati Ashram near Ahmedabad. |
| 11/20/1998 | V. K. Sharma, chairman and managing director of JVG Group of Companies, who allegedly swindled Rs. 600 crores from investors, is arrested in Mumbai. |
| 1/14/1985 | Dr. Nagendra Singh elected World Court Chief. |
| 10/20/1960 | Indian mountaineers reach the peak of Nanda Ghunti for the first time in the Kumaon Hills. |
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