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Historical Event on 4/15/1997

Interest rate on domestic term deposits brought down from 10 to nine per cent by RBI.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/5/1995PM gives valedictory address at the 8th World Tamil Conference in Madurai.
6/17/1862Lord Charles Jhon Canning, Governor General and Viceroy of India (1856-1862), died.
9/18/1972India becomes the top film producer of the world with 433 feature films made in 1971.
9/1/1947Indian Standard Time was adopted.
8/16/1946Hindus and Muslims riot in Calcutta. 90 people lost their lives and other 900 were hurt. The Muslim League observed a ""Direct Action Day"" and announced its withdrawal of support from all plans.
4/20/1971Air India started Boing 707 Jumbo Jet flight between Bombay and London.
6/4/1926Dalai Lama introduces a tax on ears for Tibetans to equip the army. Those with only one ear will pay half the tax.
1/27/1931Mahatma Gandhi was released from jail, ending eight months of imprisonment for his campaign of civil disobedience against British rule. To avoid demonstrations, Gandhi was released late in the evening from the Yerovda jail and put on a night train to Bombay. There was hope in British circles that the release of Gandhi would end the strife and lead to discussions of dominion status. Gandhi made clear, however, that he would persist in his civil disobedience campaign.
1/4/1958Waverley John Anderson, Scottish viscount and Governor of Bengal, died at the age of 75.
7/4/1992Sanskrit made a compulsory subject from sixth to intermediate classes in Uttar Pradesh.