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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
12/5/1991The government reduces visa fees for tourists intending to visit India.
8/29/1997B.M. Sumavathi creats national record in heptathlon in the Federation Cup athletics.
6/23/1994Two Britishers held hostage by terrorists in Kashmir for 17 days were set free.
3/28/1996JKLF declared unlawful by central govt.
6/8/199255-60\% polling takes place in the Andhra, Bihar, W. Bengal and Delhi by-elections.
10/25/1990JD and BJP withdrew support to Rajasthan and Gujarat governments respectively.
11/3/1996Deve Gowda, PM, to attend G-15 summit in Harare. This was his first foreign trip as PM.
12/3/1971Indo-Pakistan war begins. On the same day National Emergency was declared by the President of India due to war between both the countries.
6/20/1921Tilak University was established.
3/28/1986Extremist Sikhs kill 13 Hindus in Ludhiana, India.