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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 |
| 3/5/1992 | Sunder, comedy actor, passed away. |
| 1/11/1986 | Union Government declares Ladakh a Scheduled Tribe area under a constitutional amendment order by the President, applying article 342 for the first time to J&K. |
| 3/19/1998 | BJP-led coalition government is sworn in. Atal Behari Vajpayee became the second time Prime Minister of India. |
| 10/23/1996 | Shankarsinh Waghela (Mahagujarat Janata party), new chief minister, sworn in at Gandhinagar in Gujarat. |
| 5/8/1990 | Paul Mantosh and Joss Fernandes take oath as nominated Anglo-Indian members in Lok Sabha. |
| 12/7/1993 | BJP leaders Advani, Joshi and Kalyan Singh arrested in connection with Ayodhya demolition case. |
| 12/7/1993 | Mahmud Gawan was appointed as Prime Minister, an office which he held till his execution. |
| 6/23/1997 | India and Pakistan reach accord on joint working groups to address outstanding issues including Kashmir and Siachen. |
| 10/5/1932 | Madhavrao Laxmanrao Apte, cricketer (7 Tests for India, 1 century), was born in Bombay. |
| 1/18/1959 | Miss Meera Behn, follower of Gandhi, left India for good. |
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