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Historical Event on 7/2/1997

Screening for Hepatitis C made mandatory all over India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/1/1993The two helicopters along with the first batch of fifteen personnel were ferried out in an AN-12 from Delhi to Mogadishu. The two helicopters were provided by 111 HU.
11/16/1999Suraj Bhan, Bihar Governor, dismisses the Horticulture and Weights and Measurements Minister Samrat Chaudhary in the Rabri Devi cabinet for being 'underaged'.
3/7/1987Sunil Gavaskar becomes the first batsman to score 10,000 test runs in cricket a match against Pakistan at Ahmedabad.
5/11/1985Booby (Doll) trap bomb kills 86 people in India.
1/1/1974This year was announced to be observed as the ""World Population Year"".
1/29/1994Air India and Indian Airlines converted into companies.
3/1/1998Bharat Ratna is awarded to Dr. A.J.P. Abdul Kalam, Scientific Adviser to the Defence Minister, and Smt. M. S. Subbulakshmi, Carnatic musician. The award is also conferred posthumously on film director Satyajit Ray, freedom fighter Aruna Asaf Ali and former Prime Minister Gulzari Lal Nanda.
11/5/1976Lok Sabha votes to extend its own life by another year.
10/26/1999India is re-elected to United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
10/26/1999While returning to his country, Timur Lung looted and destroyed Delhi and parts of North India including Hardwar, the Ganga pilgrimage town, and crossed Sindhu River.