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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 |
| 2/1/1971 | Ajaysingh Jadeja, cricketer (Indian opening batsman), was born in Jamnagar. |
| 2/11/1942 | Jamnalal Bajaj, greatest iIndustrialist, social reformer, freedom fighter and Gandhiwadi, passed away. |
| 4/9/1997 | Mumbai regains Ranji Trophy in Gwalior. |
| 10/17/1932 | Rani Gaidinliu, freedom fighter, social reformer and political leader, was captured by the British army. |
| 3/30/1993 | S. M. Pandit, famous painter, passed away. |
| 3/30/1919 | Gandhi announces resistance against Rowlatt Act. |
| 3/22/1902 | Great Britain and Persia agree to link Europe and India by telegraph. |
| 10/24/1953 | Selection of the Dassault Ouragan fighter from France at this time reflected the decision to initiate diversification of supply sources. The first four of over 100 Ouragans, or 'Toofanis' as they were to become known in the IAF, reached Palam Airport from France and this type re-equipped Nos.8, 3 and 4 Squadrons in that order. |
| 6/30/1981 | President's rule imposed in Assam. |
| 7/27/1941 | Japanese forces land in Indo-China. |
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