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Historical Event on 7/11/1998
The Government reduces customs duty on edible oils under the Open General Licence from 20 to 10 per cent.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/9/1999 | Mr. V. Sudarshan, Foreign Editor of The Pioneer till recently gets the Appan Menon Award. |
| 3/18/1919 | Rowlatt Act, intended to perpetuate the extraordinary powers enjoyed by the Government under Lord Chelmsford during the war, provokes countrywide protests. This Rowlatt Act was forced instead of 1915 Indian Security Act which reduced freedom of Indian people. |
| 12/1/1885 | Dattatreya Balkrishna Kalelkar, famous Gandhian Gujrathi llitterateur and educationist, was born at Satara in Maharashtra. |
| 3/14/1998 | Sonia Gandhi takes over as the Congress(I) president from Sitaram Kesri. |
| 8/25/1888 | Allama Mashriqi, Muslim leader, was born. |
| 6/27/1999 | India won the four-nation under-21 women's hockey title, defeating England in the final at the Kean University, New Jersey. |
| 12/10/1967 | Earthquake hit Koyna Nagar. |
| 11/21/1999 | The Centre retired two members of the Prasar Bharati Board, Ms. Romila Thapar, eminent historian and Mr. Rajendra Yadav. |
| 7/31/1993 | Zafar Saifullah was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 31-07-1994. |
| 8/10/1963 | The Kamraj Plan. |
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