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Historical Event on 1/8/1993

FERA restrictions removed, resident Indians allowed to keep as much as $500.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/16/1921Nearly 700 Mopalh rebels were killed by the Gurkhas as they attacked the Pandikkad post at Delhi.
1/5/1974Virendranath Dasgupta, great revolutionary, died.
2/14/1925Mohan Dhariya, politician and nature lover, was born.
9/12/1995Heavy rainfall in the Himalaya region, resulting in landslide, claimed 70 lives near Kullu.
2/21/1993Naxals free Andhra Pradesh Congress (I) MLA P.Balaraju and a govt. official after 22 days in captivity.
2/21/1983More than 600 people were killed in the Indian state of Assam after student agitators protesting the immigration of Muslim refugees from Bangladesh attempted to stop state elections.
11/10/1938Mustafa Kemal Ataturk passed away at Istanbul.
3/22/1963World Bank loans India $ 67 mil. to improve its railways.
12/28/1972C. Rajagopalachari, the only Indian Governor General, died.
3/28/1996JKLF declared unlawful by central govt.