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Historical Event on 3/31/1997
Forex reserves touch a record $ 22.36 billions.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/4/1991 | An abortive bid to hijack a Calcutta-Agartala flight by a 24-year old youth. |
| 3/23/1967 | Pandey Bechain Sharma (Ugra) passed away. |
| 7/17/1893 | Lokmanya Tilak was arrested for 18 months. |
| 1/1/1892 | Mahadev Haribhai Desai, follower of Gandhiji, was born in Surat district. |
| 3/19/1982 | Acharya J. B. Kripalani, writer, nationalist, parliamentarian, founder of Kissan Mazdoor Dal and president of Indian National Congress in 1946, passed away at the age of 94. |
| 7/4/1789 | British East India Company signed a treaty with the Nizam of Hydrabad and Peshwa of Pune against Tipu Sultan, King of Mysore, on the understanding that a cavalry of 10,000 would attack Tipu's territory and the conquered area would be divided amongst the three. |
| 3/18/1944 | Azad Hind Fauj entered India (Japanese army) from the border of Burma and invaded north eastern India. |
| 6/17/1862 | Lord Charles Jhon Canning, Governor General and Viceroy of India (1856-1862), died. |
| 6/17/1950 | Syed Wazir Ali, cricketer (7 Tests for India), passed away. |
| 12/3/1991 | Satinder Kumar Lamba appointed India's Ambassador to Pakistan. |
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