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Historical Event on 8/3/1997

Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes win the doubles title in the Canadian Maurier Super Nine Doubles Open tennis championships held in Montreal.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/2/1984Thousands of Sikhs rally at Golden Temple to protest govt. occupation in Amritsar.
11/17/1857Sir Colin Campbell, British Army Officer, managed to supress Indian Mutiny sepoys at Lucknow.
8/11/1911Prem Bhatia, great journalist, was born.
6/22/1948Emperor of India title was deleted from His Majesty the King of United Kingdom's titles.
3/17/1999An international seminar on UN Peacekeeping was co-jointly hosted by Ministry of External affairs and Ministry of Defence at New Delhi from 17 to 19 March 1999. The seminar was conducted by HQ Army Training Command, Shimla on behalf of the Indian Army. A total of 126 foreign delegates from 71 countries participated in the seminar.
12/10/1948Human Rights Day.
1/31/2000All seven accused in the Jain hawala case discharged.
8/27/1990The Cabinet Committee on political affairs decides to put a proposal before the Parliament providing five to ten per cent of Central Government jobs reserved for economically weaker sections.
9/5/1962Dr. Radhakrishnan's birthday declared as Teachers Day.
7/27/1992Amjad Khan, famous film actor, died.