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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 |
| 9/27/1908 | Shiv Verma, great soldier, was born. |
| 2/1/1964 | Unit Trust of India' established. |
| 10/16/1936 | 35 killed in Hindu-Muslim riots at Bombay. |
| 12/7/1998 | A. B. Vajpayee questions Pakistan's decision to hand over part of occupied Kashmir to China and says the area belongs to India. |
| 6/3/1895 | Kavalam Madhava Panikkar, historian and Indian diplomat (Asia & Western Dominance), was born. |
| 4/22/1812 | Dalhousie, governor general of India, was born. |
| 7/23/1856 | Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak was born on July 23rd, 1856 |
| 1/16/2000 | Punjab men, Railway women win the Senior National Volleyball championship in Salem. |
| 9/29/1914 | German cruiser Emden shells Madras. |
| 1/6/1979 | Rohini-200, first monsoon experimental rocket, launched from Thumba. |
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