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Historical Event on 11/7/1997
RBI Governor Dr. Chakravarti Rangarajan appointed new Governor of Andhra Pradesh. Dr. Bimal Jalan, Member-Secretary, Planning Commission, will take over as RBI Governor.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/18/1988 | Jan Nayak Karpoori Thakur, freedom fighter, political leader, great social reformer, teacher and national president of Samyukta Socialist Party, passed away. |
| 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). |
| 1/31/1997 | While returning to his country, Timur Lung looted and destroyed Delhi and parts of North India including Hardwar, the Ganga pilgrimage town, and crossed Sindhu River. |
| 6/5/1975 | Ramsing, great freedom fighter and editor of `Navyug Patrika', passed away. |
| 8/15/1979 | Tukoji Holkar, a leader of Peshwa kingdom, dies. |
| 9/29/1994 | Gulf nations suspend Indian flights on account of plague epidemic. |
| 10/29/1971 | Cyclone and tidal waves struck Orissa state claiming 10,000 lives. |
| 1/30/1968 | Makhanlal Chaturvedi, famous Hindi poet, writer and President of All India, passed away. |
| 6/11/1983 | Ghanshyam Das Birla, great freedom fighter, social reformer, pioneer of Indian business, industry, and nationalist, died at London at the age of 89. |
| 12/23/1959 | Edward Fredrick Lindlewood Halifax ""Irwin Lord"", English viscount and Governor General of India (1925-1931), died at the age of 78. |
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