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Historical Event on 6/30/1997

Joginder Singh, CBI Director, was given marching orders bringing his 11-month-old controversial tenure to sudden end. R. C. Sharma, Special Director, took over.

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3/25/1898Swami Vivekanand accepted Sister Nivedita as his disciple.
8/4/1936Indian Government Act was approved by the king.
5/1/1977Janata Party was established.
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10/21/1997RBI de-regulates deposit rates, reduces CRR and Bank Rate (from 10\% to 9) and allows banks to have two sets of Prime Lending Rates.
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2/27/1992Narasimha Rao elected Congress (I) President in the party poll held after a gap of 20 years.
10/29/1961New All India Muslim League was established.