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Historical Event on 10/2/1997
At least 50 Pakistan soldiers were killed and several injured in a retaliatory firing by Indian troops in Nowgam, Uri and Kupwara sectors. Firing had been intermittent along LoC.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/17/1999 | Indian men bagged bronze in the Asian team chess championship in Shenyang. |
| 1/6/1664 | Chhatrapati Shivaji attacked on Surat. |
| 11/22/1872 | Meera Behn (Medlin Slade), freedom fighter, was born at England. |
| 11/6/1910 | Satakopan Chandilyan Bhashyam, journalist, was born at Tirukkoilur, Madras. |
| 8/25/1963 | Allama Mashriqi, Muslim leader, passed away. |
| 4/5/1919 | India's first modern shipping company Scindia Steam Navigation's first ship 'Liberty' started its journey. The weight of the ship was 5,940 tonnes. |
| 10/14/1997 | The two millionth Maruti vehicle rolled out. |
| 4/23/1926 | Madhavrao Sapre, great political leader, passed away. |
| 8/9/1970 | Trailokyanath Chakravarty died in Delhi. |
| 5/15/2000 | Ghulam Hassan Bhat, Jammu and Kashmir Minister of State for Power, dies in a powerful IED explosion near Mandipore in Anantnag. |
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