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Historical Event on 12/31/1996

Gold import policy liberalised.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/12/1990Uttar Pradesh Government raises the reservation for Backward Classes in direct recruitment to State Services from 15 to 27 per cent.
10/25/1951First General Election of India begins.
8/9/1963India is the first country to add its signature to the test-ban treaty at Moscow.
4/24/1996BSE index reaches 3869.87, a new 18-month high.
10/28/1996Press Council of India to set up a 5-member committee headed by Chairman P.B. Sawant to inquire into the attack on journalists outside the New Delhi residence of Kanshi Ram.
10/10/1998Uzma Khan and Nitin Kirtane bag the women's and men's crowns in the national tennis championships in Delhi.
7/2/1997Screening for Hepatitis C made mandatory all over India.
10/21/1858Ramabai Dongre Medhavi, great social reformer, was born.
7/28/1972India and Pakistan sign Simla Pact, settling border dispute in Kashmir.
2/14/1901King Edward VII open's his first parliament.