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Historical Event on 1/10/1996

Centre sets up Rajiv Gandhi National Drinking Water Mission.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/28/1994Three medical officers of the Field Ambulance unit were killed when the Indian contingent was trying to stem the war in Somalia.
7/29/1991Vazhappadi K. Ramamurthy, Union Labour Minister, resigns on account of differences on Cauvery water issue.
8/21/2000Mahatma Gandhi's daughter-in-law Mrs. Nirmala Gandhi dies in Wardha. She was 91.
6/9/1998The rupee plunges to an all-time low of Rs. 42.23/25 against the dollar.
1/2/1943Vir Bhai Kotwal sacrificed his life.
1/12/2000Dr. Gurudev S. Khush of the Manila-based International Rice Research Institute wins the Wolf prize for Agriculture for the year 2000.
9/23/1980Indira Gandhi gains power to imprison without trial.
11/14/1959Nehru rejects China's proposal for a mutual withdrawal of troops from a border buffer zone.
1/3/1871Father Kuriakose Elias Chavara, freedom fighter and social reformer, died.
1/1/1981This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Year for the Disabled"".