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Historical Event on 7/16/1996
The four basin states of Narmada valley - Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra - reach agreement to raise the height of Sardar Sarovar dam in Gujarat to 436' after which hydrological studies will be done for 5 years to decide whether the height should be raised to the awarded 455'.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/10/1977 | The Planning Commission decides to introduce the Rolling Plan concept. |
| 5/10/1985 | 59 were killed and 150 wounded in Sikh attacks. |
| 8/27/1781 | Haider Ali and the Britishers fought the battle of Pallilore. |
| 1/19/2000 | M.A. Chidambaram (81), leading industrialist and chairman of the MAC Group, died in Chennai. |
| 3/21/1997 | Foreign currency reserves of RBI stand at $16 billions, which was a record of sorts. |
| 9/14/1803 | Lord Lake was captured Delhi. |
| 9/29/1997 | Crown Prince of Spain, Felipe de Borbon, visits India. |
| 7/25/2000 | Two Indians Aruna Roy from Rajasthan and Jockin Arputham, founder of the Indian National Slum Dwellers' Association, chosen for the Ramon Magsaysay award for public service. |
| 12/10/1870 | Jadhunath Sarkar, history researcher, was born. |
| 9/19/1933 | Sunit Francis Rodrigues, former Chief Army General, was born. |
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