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Historical Event on 2/9/1993
Silver prices crash as the govt allows passengers to import upto 100 k and reduces customs duty on 35 baggage items from 255 to 150 \%.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/17/1949 | India decided with only one dissent vote to remain within the Commonwealth of Nations. |
| 10/20/1919 | Chaitanyabala Divatia, great author, was born in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. |
| 6/13/1999 | The Indian army secures the strategic Tololing peak in the Dras sector. |
| 7/19/1949 | Raja of Tehri Garhwal announces merger with Indian Union. |
| 11/14/1681 | East India Company declared Bengal as a seperate presidency. |
| 4/8/1929 | Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt threw two bombs on the Assembly Hall. |
| 3/17/1909 | Pandit Ramchandra Narayan Dandekar, educationist and internationally famed Sanskrit scholar, was born at Satara, Maharashtra. |
| 5/1/1996 | Ban imposed (through a Delhi high court judgment) on the film 'Bandit Queen', based on the life of Phoolan Devi, lifted by Supreme Court. |
| 4/3/1978 | Pandit Hridaynath Kunzru, social reformer, politician, passed away. He contributed greatly to public life, fighting against caste system, untouchability etc. He was closely affiliated to the 'Servants of India Society' with Ghokhaleji. He even declined to accept the ""Bharat Ratna"" award conferred on him. |
| 4/10/1982 | Mahatma Gandhi Road Bridge at Patna started by Indira Gandhi. |
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