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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 |
| 1/16/1989 | Prem Nazir, famous actor of more than 620 Malayalam films, died at the age of 59 yrs. |
| 5/8/1996 | Poll counting begins. |
| 10/28/1997 | Cabinet permits RBI to issue rupee notes of 1000 denomination. |
| 10/28/1997 | Tulsidas, Mahakavi Saint, was born. |
| 8/4/1936 | Indian Government Act was approved by the king. |
| 10/16/1990 | Om Shivpuri, famous film and theatre artist, died. |
| 8/27/1978 | Lord Mountbatten died in an explosion near Ireland. |
| 1/29/1977 | Judge Mirza Hameedullah Beg became the Chief Justice of India. He helded this office till 21/02/1978. |
| 12/11/1971 | The elite para-commandos and parachute battalions -India's 'Red Devils', as they are affectionately called, have an unsurpassed ethos and elan of their own. 2 Para Battalion executed a superb airborne assault operation at Tangail in East Pakistan, which was the first of its kind in the subcontinent. |
| 2/19/1995 | National Research Centre for Oil Palm(NRCOP), the only institute exclusively devoted to Oil Palm research in India, was established. |
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