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Historical Event on 12/31/1996

Gold import policy liberalised.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/16/1997Saidian Shafi, correspondent, Ankhon Dekhi', TV news magazine, and his personal security officer killed by militants in Srinagar.
12/29/1984Rajiv Gandhi claims for Indian Prime Minister post after his landslide majority in 8th General Elections.
7/26/1891Rajendralal Mitra (Raja), famous Bengali ancient researcher, passed away.
8/9/1996Unofficial estimates put black money in the country at Rs. 70,000 crore, i.e. 6\% of GDP.
10/1/1932Indian Milatary Academy became functional with Brigadier LP Collins, DSO, OBE as the Commandant. The first course of 40 GCs had on its rolls Sam Manekshaw, Smith Dun and Mohd Musa, later to be Chiefs of the armies of their respective countries, i.e. India, Burma (now Myanmar) and Pakistan. This training was for a period of two and a half years.
9/23/1906Kumar (Mijjan) alias Syed Hasan Ali, film actor, was born in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. He has worked in 'Shadows of the Dead', 'Dukhiari', 'Gambler', 'Patan ni Paniari', 'Thoure of Delhi'.
5/12/1992Ms. Santosh Yadav (Indo-Tibetan Border Police) becomes the second Indian woman to set foot atop Mt. Everest.
2/7/1992Shalki', the first submarine designed in India, joined Indian Navy.
1/4/1999Karnataka's Farah Khan made it three-in-a-row in the National ladies billiards championship in Delhi.
8/27/1998India's cricket sensation Sachin Tendulkar has an audience with the legendary Sir Don Bradman at the latter's 90th birthday celebrations in Adelaide.