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Historical Event on 3/4/1997

Govt. not to print Re. 1 , Rs. 2 & Rs. 5 currency notes any more, as these three denominations have been coinised.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/15/1903Kumaraswamy Kamraj, great freedom fighter, social reformer, political leader and member of the Lok Sabha, was born in a trading family at Virudhunagar in Tamil Nadu.
7/24/1911Pannalal Ghosh, famous flute player, was born.
4/20/1991Ganesh Sadashiv Bhat, famous Marathi film director and President's Award winner of 1963, passed away.
6/29/1901Amal Kumar Sarkar, Chief Justice of Supreme Court of India, was born.
2/11/1977Dr. Fakruddin Ali Ahmad (1905-1977), the 5th President of India, passed away in office.
9/20/1878Hindu"", an English weekly in Madras with G. S. Aiyer as its Editor, was first published with only 80 copies.
1/29/1994Air India and Indian Airlines converted into companies.
3/28/1947Abdul Bari, labour leader, passed away.
5/20/1940Amar Singh, cricketer (of pneumonia Indian pace bowler 1932-36), passed away.
5/18/1999R. B. Sapre, India's first national chess champion, died in Mumbai.