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Historical Event on 10/21/1997

RBI de-regulates deposit rates, reduces CRR and Bank Rate (from 10\% to 9) and allows banks to have two sets of Prime Lending Rates.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/14/1956Govt announces that decimal coinage will be introduced in India from April 1, 1957.
1/17/1997Government rules out granting dual citizenship to NRIs.
11/6/1937Yashwant BipinBihari Sinha was born in Patna (Bihar).
5/2/1926Hindu women gain right to seek elected office.
11/13/1917Gajanan Madhav, famous modern Hindi poet, critic and storywriter, was born.
11/13/1917Sher Shah Sur died. He was fatally wounded in an explosion on Kalanjara fort while preparing for an attack. He introduced the new silver rupee-coin ""Rupiya"" based on ratio of 40 copper coin pieces (paisa) per rupee and built several roads including the longest road of India known as Grand Trunk Road (now Natioinal Highway-2).
10/20/1947First battle between India and Pakistan.
11/27/1778Joseph Lin flew upto 2,286 meters high with the help of a baloon.
4/12/1983Richard Attenborough's 'Gandhi' wins 8 Oscars.
5/10/198559 were killed and 150 wounded in Sikh attacks.