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Historical Event on 3/21/1997

Foreign currency reserves of RBI stand at $16 billions, which was a record of sorts.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/20/1968First Edition of 'Amrit Bazar Patrika' weekly was published in Bengali language.
5/13/1916Vasudev Mahadev Salgaonkar, great Industrialist, was born.
6/9/1998The rupee plunges to an all-time low of Rs. 42.23/25 against the dollar.
4/12/1967U. Thant,UN Secretary General, receives the first Nehru Award for international understanding.
4/12/1967Saint Kabir was born.
8/17/1994Opposition ends Parliament boycott.
1/19/1948India and Pakistan accept U.N. mediation in New York.
7/7/1799Ranjit Singh captured Lahore in Punjab from Sikh rulers.
10/5/1907British MP Keir Hardie reported fomenting rebellion in India.
7/24/1997Country's highest civilian honour Bharat Ratna conferred on former interim Prime Minister Gulzarilal Nanda and posthumously on freedom-fighter Aruna Asaf Ali.