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Historical Event on 3/21/1997

Foreign currency reserves of RBI stand at $16 billions, which was a record of sorts.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/14/2000Jharkhand, the 28th State of the Indian Union, comes into being and the new Governor, Prabhat Kumar, and the Chief Minister, Babulal Marandi, take office.
6/29/1908Pratapsing Gaekwad, Prince of Baroda, was born.
8/9/1893Shivpujan Sahai, famous Hindi story writer and novelist, was born at Bihar in a middle class family.
6/27/1922Vaidyalingam Akhiladam Perunglur, Gyanpeeth awardee and famous Tamil author, was born.
1/8/2000The Government reconstitutes the Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts and Trust and retains Mrs. Sonia Gandhi as a trustee along with Mr. P. V. Narasimha Rao, Prof. Yashpal and Dr. Abid Hussain.
12/1/1965Border Security Force was organised, which would be armed and trained to man the International Border with Pakistan.
8/27/1859Dorabji Jamshetji Tata, great industrialist, was born.
6/30/1817Dadabhai Navroji, veteran leader and industrialist, died.
10/10/1998Justice Dr. Adarsh Sein Anand was appointed as the Chief Justice of India.
8/5/1965M. V. Sridhar, cricketer (scored 366 for Hyderabad vs Andhra Pradesh, 1994), was born.