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Historical Event on 3/2/1997
Bangalore's Dr. B. V. Ravi Kumar develops India's first indigenously made HIV detection kit.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/27/1973 | The first Ladies Police Station started functioning at Calicut in Kerala. |
| 2/14/1996 | President dedicates 55,000-seated Jawaharlal Nehru International Stadium at Kochi to the nation. |
| 5/12/1992 | Ms. Santosh Yadav (Indo-Tibetan Border Police) becomes the second Indian woman to set foot atop Mt. Everest. |
| 1/18/1994 | India hires the law firm McAuliffe, Kelly and Rafaelli for lobbying in Washington. |
| 12/9/1947 | India's agreement with Pakistan on outstanding issues like assets, liabilities, division of sterling balance and military stores, etc. signed. |
| 7/27/1927 | Krishna Baldev Vaid, famous story writer and novelist, was born. |
| 9/27/1995 | Cellular phone service operates for the first time in Delhi. |
| 3/24/1998 | 200 people are killed in a tornado on both sides of the West Bengal-Orissa border. The toll includes 80 from West Bengal's Midnapore district. |
| 12/22/1999 | CPI (M) is against India signing the CTBT. |
| 6/2/1953 | Mountaineer Edmund Hillary of New Zealand and his Nepalese Sherpa guide Tensing became the first men to conquer Mount Everest, the world's tallest mountain. The two reached the pinnacle of Everest, more than 29,000 feet above sea level, at 11.30 a.m. |
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