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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
2/26/1937Manmohan Desai, film producer and director, was born.
6/24/1869Hari Chapekar Damodar was born virtually. He was the first terrorist of India.
1/29/1896Swami Paranabananda Brahamachari, founder of `Bharat Sevashram Sangha', was born in Bajitpur village of Faridpur district. He took 'sanyas' in 1924.
6/2/1992The government accepts all the 15 recommendations of the Janakiraman Committee which unearthed massive collusion of banks in the security scam.
3/28/2000Delhi police arrest Shoaib Ilyasi, producer of the crime serial ''India's Most Wanted'' for the death of his wife Anju on January 10.
11/28/1998The Congress(I) wins the Assembly elections in Delhi, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh.
10/11/1894Sudhirranjan Das, former Chief Justice of Supreme Court, was born.
8/22/1993V P Singh leaves Delhi on a self-imposed exile vowing not to return until the government implemented job reservation for backward classes.
3/23/1986The first women's company of Central Reserve Police Force camp was raised in Durgapur.
12/31/1988Treaty signed between India and Pakistan for not to target nuclear sites of each other.