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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
11/30/1990Admiral Laxmi Narayan Ramdas takes over as Chief of Naval Staff.
11/20/1967First Indian made Sounding Rocket 'Rohini RH75' launched into space from Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station.
10/28/1888Gandhiji reaches London. Lives on vegatarian diet. Takes lessons in dancing and music for a short time, thinking they are necessary parts of a gentleman's equipment.
10/1/1998Anxiety in stock market after UTI's US-64 scheme is reported to have paid dividend, eating out of its capital.
7/28/199712 persons are killed and 69 injured as New Delhi-bound Karnataka Express rams Himsagar Express at Old Faridabad station level-crossing in Haryana.
5/5/1903Former minister William Petty declares Persian Gulf a part of British dominion in India.
3/19/1954The first helicopter S-55 arrived at Bombay by sea.
9/6/1965Full scale warfare broke out all along the international border between West Pakistan and India. Pakistani troops advanced towards the Indian town of Akhnur in Kashmir and Pakistani paratroopers raided Punjab.
4/2/1933Sir Ranjitsinhji Vibhaji ""Ranji"", Maharaj, jamsaheb of Nawanagar and noted cricketer, passed away. He was referred as ""The prince of a little state, but the King of a great game"". He scored 989 Test runs with a 1st-class avg. 56.
8/5/1907Kashi Nath Pandey, politician and Trade Unionist, was born in Fursatpur Village.