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Historical Event on 8/9/1996

Unofficial estimates put black money in the country at Rs. 70,000 crore, i.e. 6\% of GDP.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/25/1997Election Commission de-recognises Janata Party and Congress (Tiwari) as national parties and de-recognises Pattali Makkal Katchi in Tamil Nadu, J & K Panthers Party and J & K People's Conference in Jammu and Kashmir, Indian Congress (Socialist) in Kerala and Manipur and Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam in Tamil Nadu. Pattali Makkal Katchi will continue to be recognised as State party in Pondicherry.
11/10/1960B. N. Jha was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 08-03-1961
2/21/1979Yousuf Hussain, litterateur and brother of President Zakir Hussain Khan, passed away.
3/3/1952The Indian National Congress secured absolute majority in the Lok Sabha in the General elections.
2/17/1976New Zealand score their first innings win in Tests vs India.
3/1/1950The population figure for India is announced as 347,340,000.
12/20/1999Win Chadha ready to come to India to face trial in the Bofors case.
9/9/1999Mahesh Bhupathi and Ai Sugiyama won the mixed doubles title in the U.S. Open.
8/2/1861Parafulla Chandra Ray, chemical expert and great patriot, was born in the village of Raruli-Katipara IN Jessore district.
12/10/1918Rowlatt Act introduced by Lord Chelmsford.