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Historical Event on 10/1/1997

Ordinance promulgated to ban single digit or instant lotteries.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/5/1946Dada Maharaj Satarkar passed away.
8/25/1965Sanjeev Kumar Sharma, cricketer (Indian pace bowler 1988-89), was born in Delhi.
6/11/1991Over 106.6 million voters go to the second phase of national polls.
8/21/1988500 killed near the Nepal border in an earthquake measuring 6.7 on the Richter scale.
11/17/1947Rajendra Prasad elected the President of Indian National Congress.
8/3/1898Udayshankar Bhatt, modern Hindi dramatist, poet and novelist, was born.
8/14/1920Rushikesh Mulgaonkar, Air Chief Marshal (1976-78), was born.
5/29/1953Mount Everest conquered by Edmund Hillary and Tensing Norgay.
5/31/1756Jose Cusodio Faria was born in Candolim of Goa. He was a revolutionary scientist and also known as Abbe Faria.
10/23/1919Lord Curzon, ex-Viceroy of India, takes over as Former Secretary from Tory leader Arthur Balfour in London