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Historical Event on 2/9/1993

Silver prices crash as the govt allows passengers to import upto 100 k and reduces customs duty on 35 baggage items from 255 to 150 \%.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/30/1996Maharashtra govt. decides to make school education free up to 10th standard.
3/12/1972Vote gives Indira Gandhi 70 \% of regional seats.
11/12/2000Huge voter turnout for Congress Presidential poll. Seven top BSF and IAF officials die after their MI8 helicopter crashes near Lakhpat in the Rann of Kutch in Gujarat.
1/14/1995The 5th Pay Commission suggests trimming of bureaucracy.
7/8/1918Montagu - Chelmsford Report was published. This report was prepared to reform the legislature of India. This report was made by Edwin Montagu who was the Secretary of States for India and Lord Chelmsford, who was the Viceroy.
1/26/1960More medals for armed forces were instituted including the Vishisht Seva Medal (in the classes), Sainya Seva Medal, Videsh Seva Medal and Sena, Nao Sena and Vayu Sena Medals.
4/8/1998India enters into a historical partnership with France with the formal launch of a joint programme for restoring and protecting the Taj Mahal.
4/8/1998Acharya Surdasji, famous poet in Hindi and great devotee of Lord Krishna, was born.
5/8/1910Tolstoy replies to Gandhiji that question of Passive Resistance is of greatest importance, not only for India but for humanity.
6/4/1953University of Cambridge confers honorary Doctorate of Laws on J. L. Nehru.