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Historical Event on 8/1/1997

Lt. Gen. Ved Prakash Malik to be next chief of Army staff. Gen. Shankar Roy Chowdhury retires on September 30.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/28/1981Madras-Penang undersea cable commissioned.
9/1/1965Pakistan launched Operation 'Grand Slam' in Chhamb sector aimed at Akhnoor in Jammu. Indians had battled Pakistanis in air and on ground at Kashmir.
9/21/1995Rumors that statues of the Hindu god Ganesh were drinking milk spread in New Delhi.
5/5/1929Curfew was imposed in a bid to quell Hindu-Muslim riots that had claimed 21 lives in Bombay.
3/11/1990Darbarsingh, former Chief Minister of Punjab, passed away.
3/12/1941Chinese engineers leave to survey a route for the proposed 1,000-mile-long highway from Ningyuan, China to Assam, India.
10/4/1997J & K Assembly passed the Ladakh Hill Council Bill.
3/14/1993India seeks Interpol's assistance in investigating the sources of bomb blasts in Bombay.
1/9/1995Manipur Assembly removes Dr.H. Borobabu (Speaker) and suspends his membership until state election.
2/7/198161 die in circus fire in Bangalore.