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Historical Event on 2/2/1996
Gold price zooms to all-time record high of Rs. 5600 per 10 grams.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/1/1996 | Madhu Dandavate is made Dy. Chairman, Planning Commission. |
| 5/11/1970 | A bill for setting up of ""North Eastern Council"" passed. |
| 11/20/1859 | Elfinstone, Governor of Bombay Province and historian, passed away. |
| 11/28/1990 | President's rule imposed in Assam. Assembly kept in suspended animation. United Liberation Front of Assam and National Socialist Council of Nagaland banned. |
| 12/23/1964 | India & Ceylon hit by cyclone, about 4,850 killed. |
| 3/9/1902 | Edward Durell Stone, US architect (US Embassy, New Delhi), was born. |
| 7/16/1956 | K. L. Pawar, who guided students for the written examinations, was born. |
| 2/19/1861 | Rani Rashmoni, great nationalist, who compelled the British to abolish the tax imposed on fishing in the river, ingeniously blocking the trade and commerce on the part of Ganges, passed away. |
| 12/9/1873 | Lord Northbrook, Viceroy and Governor General of India laid the foundation stone of the building. |
| 9/4/1993 | New Bank of India merged with Punjab National Bank. |
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