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Historical Event on 8/1/2000

One hundred people of Kinnaur, Shimla and Mandi districts of HP die following flash floods in the Sutlej river.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/17/1992Tripura's Congress (I) ministry falls as TUJS withdraws support.
6/14/1886Orphanage for little girls was established.
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.
12/19/1945Gandhiji lays foundation stone of C. F. Andrews' Memorial Hospital at Santiniketan.
5/5/1993Balak Brahmachari, [Marxist Godman], famous Indian guru, passed away at 73 yrs.
6/13/196660 people were killed in a collision between two suburban trains of Bombay.
8/27/1946Gandhiji cables warning to British Government against repetition of ""Bengal Tragedy"". He also wrote to Wavell.
6/6/1997New economic grouping BIST-EC (Bangladesh-India-Sri Lanka-Thailand Economic Cooperation forum) comes into being.
2/11/1993Centre bans BJP rally in the capital on February 25.
6/5/1996Kubernath Rai, well known writer, passed away.