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Historical Event on 7/11/1998

The Government reduces customs duty on edible oils under the Open General Licence from 20 to 10 per cent.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/24/1996Nanchil K. Manoharan, former DMK Finance Minister, expelled from the party.
11/27/2000After three decades, English was again made compulsory in Gujarat schools from Standard V from the next academic year.
1/6/1847Saint Tyagaraja, great musician, died.
12/10/1918Rowlatt Act introduced by Lord Chelmsford.
5/28/1966B. S. Chawla was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 21-02-1973.
5/23/1914The British India Steamship Co. and the Peninsular and Oriental Steamship Co. announced their amalgamation at London.
6/26/1991Sharad Pawar joins Union Cabinet as Defence Minister.
9/5/1979Earl of Mountbatten's funeral held in Burma.
10/10/1964Gurbachan Singh Randhawa sets record for 110m Her. in 14.09s at Tokyo.
5/1/1973All non-fuel Coal Mines fields were nationalised.