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Historical Event on 9/3/1997

India and E.U. sign an agreement envisaging a $200 m. E.U. aid for the country's primary health care programme.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/28/1997Cabinet permits RBI to issue rupee notes of 1000 denomination.
6/5/1984Operation 'Blue Star' was launched by Indira Gandhi. Indian commandos stormed into Sikh's holiest gurudwara Golden Temple in Amritsar to flush out the terrorists and other anti-government elements. Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale and over 325 people were killed in the temple. Thus a great rebel arose all over the nation and specially in Punjab.
4/16/1997G. Kishenchand, former Indian Test cricketer, died.
6/21/1991P. V. Narasimha Rao was sworn in as the ninth Prime Minister of India. He reimained in this office till May 16, 1996. He formed a 54-member ministry in the 10th Parliament.
5/16/1975Sikkim annexed principality and was declared as the 22nd state of Indian Union.
10/9/1978Asian Games begin in Bangkok.
7/31/1993K. Vijaya Rama Rao became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 31/07/96).
7/9/1999Ashok Mitra (82), noted writer, academician and former bureaucrat, died in Calcutta.
12/10/1918Rowlatt Act introduced by Lord Chelmsford.
6/13/1731Swedish East India Company was formed. For 15 years King Fredrick of Sweden gave the Company a charter.