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Historical Event on 12/31/1996
Gold import policy liberalised.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/10/1993 | India and South Korea sign agreement to expand trade and investment. |
| 6/3/1901 | Mahakavi G. Sankara Kurup, Malayalam poet, was born. He was the first winner of the conveted Gyaanpeeth Award in 1965 for his poems "Odakkuzhal" in Malayalam. |
| 1/27/1931 | Mahatma Gandhi was released from jail, ending eight months of imprisonment for his campaign of civil disobedience against British rule. To avoid demonstrations, Gandhi was released late in the evening from the Yerovda jail and put on a night train to Bombay. There was hope in British circles that the release of Gandhi would end the strife and lead to discussions of dominion status. Gandhi made clear, however, that he would persist in his civil disobedience campaign. |
| 5/27/1996 | A. B. Vajpayee, PM, seeks vote of confidence in his 12-day old govt. |
| 9/19/1997 | Ambar Roy, Indian test batsman (1969-70), died in Calcutta. |
| 1/16/1973 | Om Prakash Mehra, Air Chief Marshal PVSM, became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 31/01/1976. |
| 3/30/1908 | Devika Rani, famous film actress, was born. |
| 2/10/1995 | PM appoints Madhavrao Scindia as Human Resource Minister, Pranab Mukherjee as External Minister, Buta Singh as Civil Supplies, Ajit Singh as Food, and P. Chidambaram as Commerce Minister. |
| 6/30/1930 | George Fernandes, worker's leader and politician, was born. |
| 1/6/1989 | Lord Sudhindra Prasanna Sinha died. |
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