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Historical Event on 12/31/1996
Gold import policy liberalised.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/15/1874 | Tryambak Sitaram Karkhanis, founder of `Maharashtra Natak Mandali', was born. |
| 6/2/1953 | Mountaineer Edmund Hillary of New Zealand and his Nepalese Sherpa guide Tensing became the first men to conquer Mount Everest, the world's tallest mountain. The two reached the pinnacle of Everest, more than 29,000 feet above sea level, at 11.30 a.m. |
| 5/24/1990 | K. S. Hegde, former President of Parliament, passed away. |
| 6/17/1928 | Pandit Gop Bandhu Das, famous writer, social worker and the creator of Orissa, passed away. |
| 4/19/1981 | Indira Gandhi,Prime Minister, inaugurated `Maharashtra Vidhanbhavan'. |
| 4/15/1997 | Interest rate on domestic term deposits brought down from 10 to nine per cent by RBI. |
| 1/27/2000 | K.R. Narayanan, President, opposes any tinkering with the Constitution. |
| 12/1/1900 | Chidambaranar Thiru Thamizaringar, great author, journalist and homeopath, was born at Sirukadambur, Tamil Nadu. |
| 2/11/1968 | Deendayal Upadhyaya, great philosopher, litterateur, social worker, thinker and founder of Jansangh, passed away. |
| 2/6/1931 | Motilal Gangadhar Nehru, revolutionary, founder of 'Swaraj Party', political leader and barrister, passed away at Lucknow. |
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