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Historical Event on 5/8/1997

India decides to import currency notes for the first time.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/3/1991Rupee devalued again from 10.58 to 10.96\% .
7/25/2000Two Indians Aruna Roy from Rajasthan and Jockin Arputham, founder of the Indian National Slum Dwellers' Association, chosen for the Ramon Magsaysay award for public service.
9/24/1629Jacques Specx appointed Governor General of Dutch-Indies.
4/1/1962Metric weights became compulsory as New Weights and Measurements Metric system was intoduced by Indian Government.
6/29/1998Government decides to grant full statehood for Delhi and create three new States namely Uttaranchal, Vananchal and Chattisgarh.
11/1/1992The Superfast Rajdhani Express train linking Bangalore and Nizamuddin (2,452 km) flagged off.
6/5/1996United Front Govt's Common Minimum Programme announced.
1/29/1780Hicky's Bengal Gazette, the first news paper in India, was published in English in Calcutta .
6/14/1995RBI announces the introduction of appointing ombudsmen to redress grievances and disputes of bank customers.
3/22/1885Gulam Yazdani, great archaeologist and critic, was born.