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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
2/16/1982Jawaharlal Nehru was staged first time in Calcutta Invitation International Gold Cup Football Tournament.
11/15/1875Birsa Munda, freedom fighter and leader, was born at Ulihatu, Ranchi district, Bihar.
3/31/1993Kidnapped cardiac surgeon Dr. Abdul Ahad Guroo killed in Srinagar.
9/23/1967P. S. Vaidya, great Indian ODI pace bowler (1995-96), was born.
10/30/1999G.V.G. Krishnamurthy, former Election Commissioner, seeks enhanced security in the wake of threats to his life.
9/3/1997India and E.U. sign an agreement envisaging a $200 m. E.U. aid for the country's primary health care programme.
12/1/1989Dr. Chenna Reddi (Congress-I) becomes CM of Andhra Pradesh.
6/2/1965The second of 2 cyclones in less than a month kills 35,000 (Ganges R India).
1/10/1897Wildemar Modecai Haffkine, famous scientist, innoculated himself with vaccine against Plague publicly to demonstrate the harmlessness of the product in Bombay. The method of preparation of this vaccine has remained the same till now for more then hundred years.
6/7/1965Ashutosh Kali, great revolutionary, passed away.