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Historical Event on 3/31/1997
Forex reserves touch a record $ 22.36 billions.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
1/26/1992 | BJP President Dr. Murali Manohar Joshi hoists the national flag at the heavily-guarded Lal Chowk in Srinagar. |
1/31/1986 | Shri Vishwanath More, famous music director, passed away. |
9/4/1929 | N. Hanumantha Rao, cricket test umpire for 9 tests from 1978-84, was born in Karnataka. |
3/31/1942 | During the 2nd World War, Japan was heavily successful in Burma and Andaman which posted a danger to the Indian Security. |
6/22/1935 | Vaman Viswanath Kumar, cricketer (useful Madras leggie who only played 2 Tests), was born in Madras. |
7/15/1948 | Establishment of 'PEPS' (Patiyala and East Punjab States Union). |
2/7/1997 | Bal Thackeray, Shiv Sena supremo, found guilty of contempt of court and sentenced to simple imprisonment of one week and a fine of Rs. 2000 by Nagpur bench of Mumbai HC for his statement that ''a judge had demanded a bribe of Rs. 35 lakhs for favouring a litigant''. |
7/8/1907 | Elphinstone Picture Palace was started by Jamshedji F. Madan at Calcutta. |
7/31/1880 | Nawab Rai\Dhanpat Rai, 'Prem Chand', great litterateur, writer, editor, journalist and headmaster, was born at Lamahi village near Varanasi, UP. |
1/5/1994 | Jnanpith Award for Oriya Poet Sitakant Mahapatra. |
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