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Historical Event on 1/31/1997
Government raises quantity of gold that can be brought into the country by non-residents to 10 kg. (from the existing 5).
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/12/1971 | Jaikishen, famous Hindi film music director, died. |
| 4/27/1854 | First telegram was sent between Mumbai and Pune. |
| 5/16/1975 | Sikkim High Court was established at Gangtok for Sikkim territory. |
| 7/29/1802 | Agreement between Gaikwad of Baroda and Britishers about the army. |
| 7/14/1928 | Bedabrata Barua, educationist, social reformer and politician, was born. |
| 11/15/1920 | Assembly meeting of the League of Nations. |
| 7/25/1929 | Somnath Chatterjee, politician and lawyer, was born. |
| 10/5/1864 | Cyclone destroyed most of Calcutta city in which approximately 50,000 people died. |
| 12/31/1998 | Air Chief Marshal Anil Yashwant Tipnis, PVSM, AVSM, VM, ADC., became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He is the 18th Air Chief Marshal. |
| 10/24/1856 | Veer Narayan Singh, freedom fighter, was arrested by the British Government at Sambalpur for distributing grains from the warehouse to the people. He was sent to jail at Raipur. |
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