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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
6/22/1948Emperor of India title was deleted from His Majesty the King of United Kingdom's titles.
4/28/1943Netaji Subash Chandra Bose aligned the Japanese-German submarine at Medagaskar.
12/31/1966Bishen Singh Bedi made his Test Cricket debut vs West Indies at Calcutta.
8/7/1986Lok Sabha passes Constitution 53rd Amendment bill conferring statehood on Mizoram.
6/18/1997E.K. Nayanar, Kerala Chief Minister, meets Pope John Paul II in Vatican.
8/15/1854The first train of the East Indian Railways steamed out of Howrah station destined for Hoogly, which was at a distance of 24 miles. It was the first passenger train catering to public traffic. Officially, it was inaugurated in 1855.
5/25/1999India blasts its way into the global satellite launch vehicle market with the PSLV-C2 deploying two foreign satellites besides the Indian remote sensing satellite, IRS-P4.
7/6/1992The centre decides to allow TV and Radio time slots for private producers.
1/16/1920Nani Palkhiwala, famous law expert, was born.
6/15/1907Narayan Ganesh Goray, freedom fighter and socialist, was born at Hindala (Maharashtra).