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Historical Event on 1/31/1997

Merger of SCICI and ICICI confirmed with effect from 1/4/1996.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/18/1998Justice M. M. Punchhi is sworn in Chief Justice of India.
10/28/1998The 1998 Swarna Jayanti Fellowship Award is presented to 11 young scientists.
7/29/1995Anup Jalota, famous Bhajan and Ghazal singer, was born.
9/19/2000Karnam Malleswari becomes the first Indian woman to win an Olympic medal (bronze) at the Sydney Olympics.
4/4/1938A. M. Chakrabarty was born in Sainthia at West Bengal. He found that under the optimum conditions of time, temperature and nutrients the Hydrocarbon-eating "qualities'' of four diffrent strains of bacteria could be transferred into one. He also showed that this super-strain of bacteria reproduces itself.
9/11/1985Sri Lanka score their first Test victory by 149 runs against India.
1/11/1613Emperor Jahangir in a proclamation permitted East India Company to establish factories in Surat. And the first British factory was established under Thomas Aldworth.
1/11/1993Communal violence in Bombay and Ahmedabad spreads; By-elections postponed.
10/23/1999V. P. Singh, former Prime Minister, tops the list of star witnesses in Bofors case.
7/2/1961Prof M S Thacker, DG-CSIR, laid the foundation stone for the wind tunnel complex.