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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
4/17/1975Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan, India's second president, died at Madras.
4/18/1959Premier Chou En-lai insists Tibetan Dalai Lama was abducted to India.
10/29/1996Shankarsinh Waghela, Gujarat CM, wins confidence vote.
4/2/1948Communist leader S.A. Dange arrested in Bombay.
4/4/1889Makhanlal Chaturvedi, famous Hindi poet, writer, Hindi litterateur and President of All India, was born in Babai village, Madhya Pradesh.
2/21/1983More than 600 people were killed in the Indian state of Assam after student agitators protesting the immigration of Muslim refugees from Bangladesh attempted to stop state elections.
9/4/1997Madhavrao Scindia, Tariq Anwar, Meira Kumar, Oscar Fernandes and R. R. Dhawan appointed AICC general-secretaries by party president Sitaram Kesri.
12/17/1999Pramod Mahajan, Parliamentary Affairs Minister, announces that Women's Bill will be introduced in the Lok Sabha.
12/17/1999Francisco de Almeida, Viceroy of Protuguese India, passed away in a battle.
8/3/1957Devdas Gandhi, son of Rashtrapita Mahatma Gandhiji and noted journalist, passed away.