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Historical Event on 12/31/1996

Gold import policy liberalised.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/10/1833Azad Muhammad Jussain, Urdu poet and educationalist, was born.
1/10/1997The second leg of the Indian Satellite circuit held in Ahmedabad.
12/20/1999The Government rejects underworld don Dawood Ibrahim's conditional offer to surrender.
3/1/1908Tata Iron & Steel Company was the first steel company to be established in India.
10/2/1955Nehru inaugurated an Integral Coach factory at Perambur.
11/10/1990Chandra Shekhar Singh sworn in as 8th Prime Minister of India. He remained in this office till June 21, 1991 Devilal was sworn in as the Dy. Prime Minister.
1/5/199860 are killed as the Bareilly-Varanasi passenger train rammed the Kashi Viswanath Express near Hardoiin, Uttar Pradesh.
6/22/1898The last total Solar Eclipse of 19th century was seen in India.
1/29/1999Alok Kumar of Punjab defeated Devendra Joshi of Maharashtra at the IIT complex at New Delhi.
5/13/1962Dr. Zakir Hussain became the Vice President (1962-67).