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Historical Event on 8/1/2000
Lt. Gen. Padmanabhan to be new Army chief replacing Gen. V. P. Malik.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/15/1988 | Landslide victory for GNLF in Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council elections. |
| 11/25/1995 | The four-states of Gujarat, Goa, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh proposes trade bloc for western States (Western Regional Cooperation). |
| 4/27/1942 | Gandhi condemns stationing of U.S. troops in India. |
| 2/27/1956 | G. V. Mavlankar, first speaker of Lok Sabha, passed away. |
| 1/22/1990 | The International Literacy Campaign was launced in the country by the Prime Minister at a national function held at New Delhi. (8-9-90). |
| 1/14/1641 | United East Indian Company conquers city of Malakka, 7,000 killed. |
| 11/12/1762 | Peshwa surrendered in Battle of Alegaon. |
| 5/26/1926 | Kankalta, freedom fighter, was born in Bargawadi village at Assam . She was shot when she tried to flur the Indian National Flag in Gopur, Assam. |
| 1/28/1937 | Suman Kalyanpurkar, famous singer, was born. |
| 3/13/1878 | The Vernacular Press Act was passed which subsequently made the Amrita Bazar Patrika of Calcutta an English newspaper. |
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