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Historical Event on 4/21/1992
RBI eases credit policy, lending rates reduced from 6 to 4; 13\% interest ceiling on deposits.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/21/1961 | Queen of Britain, Elizabeth II, and her husband Duke of Edinburgh visited New Delhi. |
| 3/1/1987 | A Pakistani official quoted as saying, ""Pakistan has nuclear bomb capabilities at New Delhi"". |
| 2/23/1997 | 176 people dead and 500 injured in a major fire at a religious congregation in Baripada, Orissa. |
| 12/17/1998 | Jyotirmoyee bags her second gold at the Asian Games, winning the women's 800m. Rosakutty finishes second. Bantamweight pugilist Dingko Singh clinches a gold while Indian pair of Sethi-Shandilya strikes top prize in billiards doubles category. |
| 4/16/1966 | Nandlal Bose, who established modern painting in Bengal, passed away. |
| 12/24/1999 | Indian Airlines Kathmandu-Delhi Airbus 300 with 186 people on board hijacked shortly after take-off. |
| 10/19/1970 | First Indian-made MIG-21 handed over to the Air Force. Privy purses and privileges of former Indian rulers abolished. |
| 11/17/1991 | Narasimha Rao, PM, wins by-election in Nandyal with a record margin of 5,80,297 votes. |
| 12/25/1763 | Suraj Mal Jat, Maharaja of Bharatpur, was killed by Najib-ud -Daulah s troops. |
| 3/3/1707 | Shehejade Muajjam declared himself as the successor of Aurangzeb and renamed himself Bahadurshah First. |
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