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Historical Event on 10/1/1997

Ordinance promulgated to ban single digit or instant lotteries.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/20/1918K.K. Singh, politician and social worker, was born at Agra.
9/17/1899First British troops leave Bombay for South Africa.
6/10/199718 persons were killed and 10 wounded by suspected National Liberation Front of Tripura militants at Thalchhara near Agartala.
7/23/1993Indian National Satellite (INSAT-2B), second satellite in the INSAT-2 series, was launched. This is more operational multi-purpose communication and enhanced meteorology satellite. It is still in service. It was aunched by European Ariane launch vehicle.
2/20/1968Dr Prafulla Kumar Sen and others performed the first ever heart transplantion in Asia. The operation was performed by the Indian surgeons at K.E.M. Hospital, Bombay.
7/27/1998Gian Singh, convicted for the murder of Sant Harchand Singh Longowal, is sentenced to death.
5/31/1981First developmental launch of SLV-3, Rohini (RS-D1) placed in orbit. It was used for conducting some remote sensing technology studies using a landmark sensor payload.
12/14/1999India lost to Australia by 285 runs in Adelaide in the first cricket Test.
10/17/1979Supreme Court stays the execution of all death sentences.
4/17/1996Indian Railways bars AIDS patients from using trains.