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Historical Event on 3/17/1992

Suburban rail fare increase cut; 20\% hike in first class, second class A/C sleeper and chair car reduced to 15\%.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/1/194217 Indian Division's were withdrawn over vast stretches and the British evacuation in Burma was the longest in British military history. The Division was to subsequently extract terrible retribution from the Japanese Army during World War II and to destabilise the Indian Economy with forged notes of 5, 10 and 100 Rupees.
11/22/1718Durgadas Rathore, social reformer, died on the banks of the Sipra at Ujjain.
3/19/1972India and Bangladesh singed mutual aid treaty for peace and friendship for 25 years.
10/13/1978Maharashtra branch of Forward Block Party merged in Indira Congress.
6/9/1998The rupee plunges to an all-time low of Rs. 42.23/25 against the dollar.
1/31/1931Gangadhar Mahambre, famous Mmarathi writer, was born.
12/14/1936Kamalkant Bhattacharya, Assamese thinker and author, passed away.
11/27/1962Britain agreed to supply arms to India.
11/8/1965Bashiruddin Ahmad, religious leader and litterateur, passed away.
6/14/1985M.C. Sharma was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 10-12-1985.