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Historical Event on 10/21/1997

RBI de-regulates deposit rates, reduces CRR and Bank Rate (from 10\% to 9) and allows banks to have two sets of Prime Lending Rates.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/2/1982Chintaman Dwarkanath Deshmukh, former Finance minister of India, died.
8/2/1781Sakharambapu Bokeel, great politician in Maratha kingdom, died.
6/13/1731Swedish East India Company was formed. For 15 years King Fredrick of Sweden gave the Company a charter.
1/8/1925The first All India Art & Craft Exhibition was inaugurated by Sir William Marries, Governor UP at Kaisar Baug, Lucknow.
8/1/200027 'yatris' (travelers) die after militants attack a ''langar'' in a Pahalgam health resort en route to the Amarnath cave shrine.
11/20/1946Gandhiji starts tour without party.
9/25/1927Jagmohan Amirchand was born in Hafizabad (now in Pakistan).
9/26/1998Sachin Tendulkar make a record 127 runs against Zimbabwe at Calcutta.
2/22/1994Punjab brought back to international air map after 10 years with the introduction of flights to 8 countries from Amritsar Rajasansi Airport.
5/23/1805Lord Wellesley, Governer General of India, issued a permanent provision for the Delhi Mughal Emperor.