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Historical Event on 1/8/1993

FERA restrictions removed, resident Indians allowed to keep as much as $500.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/2/1756Fort William, the English stronghold in Bengal, was surrendered to Siraj-ud-Daulah.
1/1/1900Doordrahsan was started. Doordarshan is an autonomous public service broadcaster founded by the Government of India, which is owned by the Broadcasting Ministry of India and is one of two divisions of Prasar Bharati.
4/20/1992U. K. Kanitkar, famous scientist, and professor, passed away.
4/11/1887Jamini Roy, famous artist, was born.
2/10/1999P. Gopi Chand (A.P.) and Aparna Popat (Karnataka) won the men's and women's singles titles respectively in the National badminton championship in Delhi.
12/5/199156 JD MLA's belonging to V.P. Singh faction elect a new leader in UP.
9/29/2000A special court convicted former Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao and his then cabinet colleague Buta Singh in the JMM MPs' bribery case. Nine others got benefit of doubt.
7/14/196985 persons were killed when a freight train collided with a passanger train near Jaipur.
3/17/1959Dalai Lama XIV flees from Tibet after Chinese military occupied Tibet.
5/13/1996Lok Sabha election results (534 out of 537) announced, giving BJP (161) the position of the largest single party.