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Historical Event on 8/25/1997
Cabinet approved the draft of the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) which was to replace the Foreign Exchange Regulation Act (FERA).
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/8/1968 | Abey Kuruvila, cricketer (promising Bombay fast bowler), was born in Mannar. |
| 4/1/1947 | Gandhiji addresses Asian Relations Conference in Delhi. |
| 6/28/1993 | A multi-millionaire industrialist, main financier of smuggler Veerappan,and 6 Veerappan-men arrested. |
| 10/1/1904 | Ayillyath Kuttiari Gopalan Nambiar "A.K.Gopalan" was born in Cannanore district, north Kerala. He was a freedom fighter and leader of communist movement in Keral |
| 3/13/1958 | Vallathol Narayana Menon, great freedom fighter, poet, literateur and writer,died at the age of 80. |
| 10/29/1991 | Barister Waman Barlinge (Dadasaheb), great freedom fighter, former Rajya Sabha member and Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, passed away. |
| 12/11/1991 | The centre notifies the interim order of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal directing Karnataka to release 205 tmc ft of water to Tamil Nadu. |
| 3/5/1993 | The government de-reserves the mining industry throwing it open to private sector as well as to foreign investment. |
| 7/9/1951 | India's first Five Year Plan prepared and published. There was the first amendment to the Constitution and the first general elections were held. |
| 1/1/1900 | Doordrahsan was started.
Doordarshan is an autonomous public service broadcaster founded by the Government of India, which is owned by the Broadcasting Ministry of India and is one of two divisions of Prasar Bharati. |
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