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Historical Event on 8/9/1996

Unofficial estimates put black money in the country at Rs. 70,000 crore, i.e. 6\% of GDP.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/8/1973India takes control over Sikkim after anti-government riots.
6/22/1994Law for the betterment of women introduced.
7/19/1994The Tamil Nadu Bill for continuance of the 69\% reservation policy in the state receives the President's assent.
12/9/1999BJP expels former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Kalyan Singh.
12/13/1999The Railways announces concessions for senior citizens, students upto Class X and the poor.
7/1/1999K. N. Singh (70), former Union Minister and senior Congress leader, died in Lucknow.
5/23/1993PM arrives in Tashkent.
7/21/1988Indian National Satellite (INSAT-1C) launched. This is operational multi-purpose communication and meteorology satellite. It served for only one and a half years. It was launched by European Ariane launch vehicle Ariane-3.
12/23/1995400 people, mostly children and their parents, die in a fire that broke out during the Annual Day celebrations of DAV Public School. The fire was suspected to be caused due to electric short-circuit in Mandi Dabwali, Haryana.
3/3/1999Four members of the forward Bhumihar community and alleged members of the Ranbir Sena are gunned down by an armed squad of the People's War Group in Bhimpura village of Jehanbad district in Bihar.