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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
12/20/1929The Indian State Air Service, an extension of Imperial Airways' routes, opens its inaugural service from Karachi to Delhi.
9/1/1947Indian Standard Time was adopted.
11/18/1727Maharaja Jai Singh-II of Amber laid the stone of Jaipur City. Vidyadhar Chakravarty of Bengal was the architect of the first planned city in India.
10/20/1960Indian mountaineers reach the peak of Nanda Ghunti for the first time in the Kumaon Hills.
1/28/1895Shankarrao Dattatray Dev, veteran Congress leader, Gandhian and Sarvoday leader, was born.
1/1/1995N.D.Tiwari steps down as president of UP Congress committee.
12/23/1969Armstrong and Aldrin collected Moon rock, which was kept on exhibition in New Delhi.
11/20/1981Bhaskara-II, India's second experimental remote sensing satellite, was launched by Russian launch vehicle Intercosmos. This provided experience in building and operating a remote sensing satellite system on an end-to-end basis.
8/29/2000Supreme Court releases of 115 'Veerappan aides' on bail or otherwise till further orders.
11/8/1988Salman Rushdie's 'The Satanic Verses' awarded 1988 Whitbread Prize.