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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
3/11/1997Chennai police seize a large quantity of powerful explosives and arrest two Muslim fundamentalists.
10/19/1905Prince and Princess of Wales leave on an official visit to India at London.
4/1/1954French settlements in India pass under Indian control.
12/19/2000A massive blaze guts Mehboob Studio, one of the oldest in Mumbai city.
12/12/1991Violence in Karnataka over the centre's notification on Cauvery.
3/1/1950The population figure for India is announced as 347,340,000.
3/4/1895Surendra Singh Majithia, great industrialist, was born.
7/31/1974B. S. Chawla was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 15-08-1974.
3/18/1944Azad Hind Fauj entered India (Japanese army) from the border of Burma and invaded north eastern India.
8/20/1995India and China decide to withdraw four army battalions from Chu Sumdurong valley near the Line of Actual Control.