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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 |
| 3/8/1998 | Indian Airlines operates two international flights with all women crew. |
| 5/1/1992 | C. Arjun, famous music director, passed away. |
| 4/11/1952 | Treaty between France and India, transferring the former French settlement of Chandranagar to India, is ratified by the National Assembly, Paris. It was the last formal step in completing the process of sovereignty. |
| 1/24/1958 | First international Film Festival started in Mumbai. |
| 10/24/1995 | Total solar eclipse seen over Rajasthan, UP, Bihar and West Bengal, while partial eclipse seen in the rest of the country. |
| 6/10/1890 | Sunday introduced as a weekly holiday. |
| 6/8/1992 | Assets of 31 persons including Harshad Mehta attached. |
| 2/10/1944 | Japanese troops take the Ngakyedauk Pass, cutting off the 7th Indian Division at Sinzweya, Burma. |
| 2/16/1933 | Surya Sen Masterda, revolutionary freedom fighter, who attacked the Armoury of Chittagong with 62 men of the Indian Republican Army and was underground on Jalalabad Hills, was arrested. |
| 5/7/1907 | Rajbali Pandey, famous poet, was born. |
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