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Historical Event on 7/1/1991
Rupee devalued by 8.5\%.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
1/31/1963 | Peacock declared as National Bird of India. |
3/23/1968 | Atul Satish Wassan, cricketer (Indian pace bowler 1989-90), was born in Delhi. |
11/18/1937 | 1,100 prisoners freed after appeal by Gandhi, his first political act in year. |
7/18/1908 | Fourteen thousand mill workers go on strike at Bombay. |
3/31/1926 | Dattatray Balwant Parasnis, who made research in History, passed away. |
10/5/1990 | Parliament passed the 76th Amendment Bill to extend President's rule in Punjab for another six months from November 10, 1990. |
5/25/1611 | Emperor Jahangir married Meherunnisa, widow of Sher Afghan. She recieved the title Noor Jahan. |
3/31/1998 | T. N. Mishra became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 04/01/99). |
9/3/1987 | Vishwanathan Anand, 17, becomes India's first and the world's youngest Grandmaster. |
10/23/1970 | If India's ""vasectomy fairs"" had hawkers, they might cry, ""Come one, come all & all one billion."" India faces a population of one billion by the year 2000. To hold down that number, the government offered money ($13 to each man) and gifts (a sari for his wife) to those willing to be sterilized. Thirteen dollars was more than three times what an average village worker can earn in one month. In December, a fair held at Kerala attracted 15,000 men. Just seven months later, a fair in the same town received 63,000. Doctors operated in ten-hour |
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