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Historical Event on 7/2/1997

Screening for Hepatitis C made mandatory all over India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/31/1963Peacock declared as National Bird of India.
12/26/1989India debars Bofors from future contracts until they come out clean.
8/29/1905Major Dhyanchand was born in a Rajput family at Prayag at Uttar Pradesh. He is remembered as a Master of Hockey. India celebrates this day as National Sports Day.
2/2/1982Geet Sethi becomes the youngest Indian to win the National Billiards' crown at Madras.
5/15/1997Yaseen Malik, All-Party Hurriyat Conference leader, was released from Tihar jail.
7/13/1660Baji Prabhu Deshpande, one of the warriors in Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj's kingdom, died.
7/25/1992K. Madhavan, CBI Jt. Director looking into the security scam, resigns.
3/12/1996Election Commission rejects claim by Indira Congress as the real Congress. The 'hand' symbol will remain with Indian National Congress headed by PVN Rao.
11/7/1958Nehru said the role of Gen. Mohammed Ayub Khan in Pakistan had increased the 'risk and danger of war' between India and Pakistan.
10/3/1890Laxminarayan Sahu, litterateur, journalist and social reformer, was born.