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Historical Event on 10/18/2000
Supreme Court gives the nod for construction of the Sardar Sarovar Dam on the Narmada river.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/1/1915 | Rameshwar Shukla 'Anchal', modern Hindi poet, novelist and essay writer, was born. |
| 3/2/1982 | Indira Gandhi opened Mahatma Gandhi Road Bridge at Patna. |
| 6/25/1880 | Syed Muhammad Zamin Ali, great educationist, poet, editor, professor, writer and founder-member of the Hindustani Academy, was born at Mustafabad village in the Rae Bareli district of U.P. |
| 9/21/1933 | Annie Besant, great social worker and founder of Home Rule Movement, passed away. |
| 2/6/1887 | Manabendra Nath Roy (his childhood name was Narendranath Bhattacharya), leftist thinker, great Indian politician and philosophist, was born at Arbelia village of 24-Parganas of West Bengal. He was the founder of 'Radical Democratic Party' after quitting Congress during World War II. |
| 12/27/1926 | Imperial Airways announces the first scheduled air service to India from New Year in UK. |
| 6/17/1991 | Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Rajiv Gandhi (Posthumous) (1944-1991). |
| 1/6/1987 | Jaidev, famous music director, passed away. |
| 1/20/1993 | Captain Karamjeet Singh, first Pramveer Chakra Awardee, passed away. |
| 6/30/1999 | India reiterates that any talks will resume only after Pakistan's unconditional withdrawal from Kargil. Meanwhile Indian Army continues to attack the Tiger Hill area and captures two positions in close proximity to Jubar features. The Election Commission says that Lok Sabha polls will be held as per schedule. |
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