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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 |
| 9/7/1947 | Gandhiji leaves Calcutta for Delhi; commences daily visits to riot-affected areas. |
| 2/8/1971 | Kanhaiyalal Maniklal Munshi, writer, administrator, leader and founder of Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan, died. |
| 6/30/1930 | George Fernandes, worker's leader and politician, was born. |
| 6/6/1990 | GOI decides to extend validity of passports to 10 years. |
| 3/16/1997 | The first batch of three Russian-made Sukhoi-30 combat aircraft reaches India. |
| 5/18/1912 | Narayan Govind Chitre, with the help of R. P. Tipnis and Cameraman Johnson, produced a 8000 ft. long theatrical film 'Pundalik', which was directed by Ramchandra Torney alias Dada Saheb Torne. The entire film was shot in a theatre at Mangaldas Wadi in Bombay, where the Sangit Mandali, a professional theatre group, was performing a play 'Pundalik'. The film was released on May, 18 in the Coronation Cinematograph at Girgaum, Bombay. |
| 11/20/1993 | RBI clears two more private banks: The Times Bank Ltd. and the Indus Ind Bank Ltd. |
| 8/1/1846 | Dwarkanath Tagore, a Hindu philanthropist, died in London. |
| 11/1/1902 | Alwar Iyengar Jaggu, famous Hindi writer and professor, was born at Chatra Ghosham. |
| 1/12/1990 | Upper age limit for Civil Services Examination raised from 26 to 28 years. |
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