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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
5/9/1992Killer brew claims 175 lives in Orissa, Excise Minister Prasanna Kumar Acharya resigns.
6/11/1964Dr. Jayant Narlikar, great mathematician of India, submitted his thesis to Royal Society of London.
10/14/1998Prof. Amartya Sen was awarded the 1998 Nobel Prize for Economics. He became the sixth Indian, by birth or citizenship, to win a Nobel.
1/24/1966Indira Gandhi becomes Prime Minister of India. She continued in this office till March 24, 1977, after winning the General Elections. She became the only second woman in modern history to head a government.
7/1/1955Imperial Bank of India was inaugurated and was renamed as State Bank of India.
4/17/1926Chandrashekhar, eighth Prime Minister of India, was born.
6/19/1995In an unprecedented move, UP Speaker Dhani Ram Verma adjourns the two-day special session called to prove Mayavati Government's majority in the House. Later, the House gathers, rejects the sine die adjournment and unanimously elects B.R. Verma (BSP) as new presiding officer to conduct the business of the House.
9/10/1996Central Ethical Committee of ICMR on Human Research, constituted under the Chairmanship of Justice (Retired) M.N. Venkatachaliah, held its first meeting. Several sub committees were constituted to address specific topics viz. Epidemiological Research, Clinical Evaluation of Products to be Used on Humans, Organ Transplantation; Human Genetics, etc.
4/15/1996Shyam Benegal's film ""The Making of a Mahatma"" released in South Africa.
1/5/1953Andhra University celebrated its silver jubilee.