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Historical Event on 2/3/1997
Major fire reduces Calcutta Book Fair to ashes.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/12/1944 | No. 7 Squadron, which had flown its Vengeances on some missions against dissident tribesmen in North Waziristan, started operations in the Arakan from an airstrip at Uderbund near Kumbigram. |
| 5/15/1995 | PM Rao reaches New York for a week-long visit. |
| 9/6/1995 | Salil Chaudhary, famous music director in Hindi film industry, passed away. |
| 7/20/1898 | Krishna Kanta Handique, great linguist, educationist, principal of J.B. College and Padma Bhushan awardee, was born at Jorhat. |
| 4/17/1917 | V.Sp. Manickam, famous Hndi writer, was born at Melasivapuri (Pudukkottai). |
| 2/4/1993 | D. C. Kothari, famous scientist and educationalist, passed away. |
| 9/24/1922 | Jugal Mondal, social worker and politician, was born at Howrah. |
| 5/12/1923 | Meera Mukherjee, great artist, was born. |
| 1/18/1959 | Miss Meera Behn, follower of Gandhi, left India for good. |
| 2/7/1908 | Manmanath Gupta was born. |
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