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Historical Event on 7/1/1997
Voluntary Disclosure of Income Scheme `97 (VDIS) comes into effect.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/4/1995 | Rajan Pillai, business tycoon and biscuit king of India, who was convicted by a Singapore court for multi-million dollar fraud, was arrested in New Delhi. |
| 11/8/1932 | Sankhla Badluram, great industrialist, was born in Delhi. |
| 7/7/1999 | M.L. Jaisimha, former Indian Test cricketer, died in Hyderabad. |
| 5/22/1992 | India launches its 'Agni' rocket. |
| 11/7/1995 | India opens second consulate in UK in Glasgow (first being at Birmingham). |
| 2/9/2000 | The Madras High Court suspends the one-year jail sentence passed by a Special Court against the former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, Ms. Jayalalitha, in the 'Pleasant Stay Hotel Case'. |
| 8/2/1922 | Gangaprasad Birla, great industrialist, was born. |
| 8/16/1991 | C. Achuta Menon, former CM of Kerala, passed away. |
| 11/15/1921 | 16 Gurkha troops killed by anti-British rebels. |
| 1/30/1948 | Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, the spiritual leader of Indian independence, was shot and killed by a Hindu extremist. The 78-year-old Gandhi was shot at point-blank range as he was walking through a garden to a pergola, where he was to deliver his daily prayer meeting. |
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