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Historical Event on 8/1/1994

Surendra Singh was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 31-07-1996.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/23/1942Second World War was turning against the British and they needed the help of the Indians. So Prime Minister Churhill sent a delegation under Sir Stafford Cripps (Cripps Mission) to hold talks with the Indian leaders on the future of the subcontient in UK, which could not take place because of the non-cooperation movement and they left after a fortnight. They submitted their report in April 1942 which was rejected by the Congress and Muslim League.
10/20/1774New Regulating Act was introduced which abolished the East India Company Government and a new Government was formed.
7/24/2000S. Vijayalakshmi becomes the first Indian woman Grandmaster in the International Grandmasters chess tournament held in Hyderabad.
3/26/1987Hyderabad beat Delhi on first innings to win the Ranji Trophy.
10/16/1959National Council of Women's Education was inaugurated in New Delhi.
11/3/19843,000 die in a three-day anti-Sikh riotsin India.
11/3/1984Acharya Surdasji, famous poet in Hindi and great devotee of Lord Krishna, was born.
9/4/1929N. Hanumantha Rao, cricket test umpire for 9 tests from 1978-84, was born in Karnataka.
10/23/1959Chinese military confrontation with India in Aksai Chin killed 17 Indian soldiers in a clash on the Kashmir border.
12/15/1999Yashwant Sinha, Finance Minister, arrives in Berlin to attend G-20 meet.