On July 24
On July 24, the Human Saga records one pivotal event: India's economic liberalisation begins (1991).
On this day
Facing a severe balance-of-payments crisis in mid-1991, with foreign reserves sufficient for barely three weeks of imports and gold airlifted abroad to secure emergency loans, India launched sweeping economic reforms. Prime Minister P. V.
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