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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 |
| 10/21/1999 | B. R. Chopra, filmmaker, gets the Dadasaheb Phalke Award. |
| 9/19/1995 | PM leaves for a 5-day visit to the two Central Asian republics of Turkmenistan and Kyrghistan. |
| 8/11/1956 | The Lok Sabha passed the States Reorganisation Act. |
| 9/24/1856 | Henry, first Viscount Hardinge of Lahore and Governor General of India, passed away. |
| 10/11/1999 | Congress (I) Ministry under the leadership of Mukut Mithi is sworn-in in Arunachal Pradesh. |
| 11/19/1991 | Two national commissions on women set up. |
| 8/2/1880 | Bellary Raghava, famous actor, lawyer, social worker and dramatist, was born. |
| 1/15/1965 | Food Corporation of India inaugurated in Madras. |
| 8/20/1985 | Sant Harchand Singh Longowal, a ragi, reluctant politician and Sikh leader, died. He was shot by Sikh extremists at Sherpur. |
| 7/24/1999 | Vimala Ranadive (84), senior CPI(M) leader, died in Mumbai. |
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