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Historical Event on 1/8/1996
Maharashtra government clears Enron Dhabol power project at a tariff of Rs. 1.86 per unit.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/14/1657 | Dharmavir Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj was born on Purandar fort. |
| 12/6/1992 | 300,000 Hindus destroy the mosque of Babri at Ayodhya, India. 4 die and BJP government in UP, led by Kalyan Singh, was dismissed and President's rule promulgated. Then countrywide riots followed. Pakistan and Bangladesh condemned demolition. |
| 9/19/1726 | Khandoballal died. |
| 2/8/1995 | Mulayam Singh wins the crucial vote of strength. |
| 10/15/1977 | The Congress party denies bid by Indira Gandhi to regain leadership. |
| 2/7/1997 | Bal Thackeray, Shiv Sena supremo, found guilty of contempt of court and sentenced to simple imprisonment of one week and a fine of Rs. 2000 by Nagpur bench of Mumbai HC for his statement that ''a judge had demanded a bribe of Rs. 35 lakhs for favouring a litigant''. |
| 4/6/1934 | Nilkanth Yashwant Khadilkar, editor of Marathi daily newspaper, was born. |
| 3/2/1963 | China reports troops have left disputed area in India. |
| 7/25/1992 | K. Madhavan, CBI Jt. Director looking into the security scam, resigns. |
| 6/20/1992 | The JD and the NF choose former Lok Sabha Dy Speaker Prof. G. G. Swell as the Presidential candidate. |
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