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Historical Event on 1/31/1997

Government raises quantity of gold that can be brought into the country by non-residents to 10 kg. (from the existing 5).

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/14/1968Chaggan Baba (Chagganlal Karamshi Parekh), great social worker and founder of Mahila Griha Udyog and Lijjat Papad, died.
3/11/1999Indian Davis Cup player and Asian Games gold medallist Gaurav Natekar announced in Mumbai his retirement from competitive tennis.
9/16/1955Leopold C. M. S. Amery, British minister of Colonies (India), died at the age of 81.
2/7/1922Britain threatens crackdown in India to combat Gandhi's civil disobedience campaign.
3/3/1997Indian Socialist Party headed by Arangil Sridharan merges with Lok Sakthi. It was floated by Ramakrishna Hedge.
12/15/1974Rasulatbai, veteran classical music expert, died.
10/13/1999Chandrababu Naidu, TDP leader, said that his party would support the NDA Government unconditionally.
4/10/1996Delhi High Court bans the import of toxic waste in India.
5/9/1919Ram Kumar Gupta, great industrialist, was born at Delhi.
9/8/1997English chosen as the official language of Dravidian University which was set up at Kuppam (Andhra Pradesh) jointly by the southern states.