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Historical Event on 12/31/1996

Gold import policy liberalised.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/25/1976Sriram Singh at Montreal sets record for 800m in 1.45.77.
10/10/1964Ravi Shankar performs at Town Hall in New York.
10/25/1995Narsimha Rao, PM, addresses the 50th anniversary session of the UN.
9/9/1949Hindi was accepted as the national language of India.
2/1/1831The first Fine Arts Exhibition by Brush Club was held in a Public Library of Calcutta.
8/29/1976Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam of Bengal, great revolutionary, died on his visit to Dhaka in Bangladesh.
8/1/1955Arun Lal, cricketer (Indian batsman in sixteen Tests 1982-89), was born in Moradabad, U.P.
2/11/1818Britishers captured the 'Ajinkyatara' fort which belonged to the Marathas.
2/1/1972International Airports Authority of India established.
10/11/1737A violent earthquake and cyclone hit Calcutta which claimed 3,00,000 lives.