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Historical Event on 2/20/1997
RBI relaxes capital adequacy norms for commercial banks.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/23/1933 | Mahatma Gandhi was released from government detention in the Poona Civil Hospital after doctors warned that his fast was endangering his life. Gandhi, who undertook the fast eight days ago in protest over being arrested again by British authorities, weighed 90 pounds at the time of his release. There was considerable speculation over what the nationalist leader would do upon regaining his strength, but the common assumption was that he would be arrested again by the British authorities if he resumed his civil disobedience. |
| 7/13/1907 | Hari Vishnu Kamat, great politician, was born. |
| 4/22/1998 | India and Bangladesh resolve to work together to ''root out terrorism'', push bilateral trade and harness river waters of the region. |
| 7/12/1920 | Siddharthacharry V, educationist and diplomat, was born at Mysore. |
| 7/18/1909 | Vishnu Dey, Gyanpeeth awardee and famous Bengali poet, was born. |
| 7/24/1991 | Union budget imposes all-round price hike. |
| 10/16/1945 | Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) established. |
| 10/11/1991 | BJP government in U.P. acquires the disputed Ayodhya land. |
| 9/20/1942 | Kanak Lata Barua, a yound child who tried to host the national flag at Goupur police station in Assam with the help of 500 people, was shot by the police station incharge. |
| 1/20/1879 | Raghunath Chaudhary, famous Assamia nature poet, was born. |
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