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Historical Event on 3/21/1997

Foreign currency reserves of RBI stand at $16 billions, which was a record of sorts.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/4/1935Government of India got the Royal Assent Act 1935.
10/16/1978Test debut of Kapil Dev, India vs Pakistan, at Faisalabad.
9/19/2000India remains committed to a unilateral moratorium on nuclear tests, but we will not allow this stand to stand in the way of our protecting India's supreme natural interest,'' said Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee on his return from the US.
11/9/1997Film Federation of India chooses Malayalam film 'Guru' as official entry for Oscar awards.
12/3/1790Lord Cornwallis took away the regulation power from Nawab Murshidabad and Sadar Nizamat was removed from Adalat in Calcutta.
5/27/1995National Centre for Labour launched in Bangalore to give a boost to the unorganised worker's movement in India.
8/10/1894Varahagiri Venkata Giri, the fourth former President of India, was born at Berhampur in Orissa. He was one of the patriarchs of Trade Union Movement of India.
5/29/1933Gandhi ends his 21-day fast, his second for the cause of the 'untouchables'.
3/16/1946Alladiya Khan, famous singer of Kolhapur Darbar, passed away.
8/1/1957National Book Trust inaugurated.