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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
2/8/1936Manohar Shankar Hardikar, cricketer (batted in 2 Tests India vs West Indies in 1958-59), was born in Baroda.
8/16/1997Bodo extremists kill 13 villagers in Nalbari district in Assam.
8/10/1979Rohini Technology Payload (RTP) intended for measuring in-flight performance of first experimental flight of SLV-3, the first Indian Space launch vehicle, failed to be placed in orbit.
8/10/1979Sikandar Sur was compelled to surrender Mankot in Punjab.
1/29/1953Dattatreya Balkrishna Kalelkar ""Kaka Saheb"" was appointed as the Chairman of the Backward Classes Commission.
6/12/1960783 Sikhs are arrested while demonstrating for an independent Sikh state in New Delhi.
1/21/1882Vaman Malhar Joshi, Marathi novelist, was born.
4/21/1975Farakka Barrage dedicated to nation.
10/16/1997Queen Elizabeth visits Kalakshetra where she witnesses Bharatanatyam show and film shooting at MGR Film City, Taramani in Chennai. She also goes to Kancheepuram and Sriperumbudur (Rajiv Gandhi memorial).
3/18/1998A.B. Vajpayee, the Prime Minister-designate, releases the 'national agenda for governance' in New Delhi. It is silent on the Ram temple issue, scrapping of Article 370 and a uniform civil code.