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Historical Event on 8/1/1992

S. Rajgopal was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 31-07-1993.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/11/1998C. V. Gadkari, great Indian Test all-rounder 1953-55, passed away.
4/2/1980S. S. Grewal was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 30-04-1981.
1/29/1996S.R. Bommai was replaced by Laloo Prasad Yadav as Janata Dal president.
5/7/1994Dr. S.P. Tripathy, Director-General of ICMR, retired after 32 years of distinguished service in the ICMR, and Dr. G.V. Satyavati took over as the new Director-General of ICMR in July 1994. She became the first woman scientist in the country to head not only ICMR but any Research agency in independent India.
7/7/1992Truckers call off strike.
12/3/1979Dhyan Chand, famous master of Hockey and Padma Bhushan awardee, passed away.
8/19/1934Dr. Hiralal died. He was a distinguished historian and contributed numerous articles to 'Indian Antiquary', 'Epigraphia Indica', The Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, etc. He was also an honorary correspondent in Archaeology to the Government of India.
3/29/1952India enters into a war with Japan.
6/21/1991P. V. Narasimha Rao was sworn in as the ninth Prime Minister of India. He reimained in this office till May 16, 1996. He formed a 54-member ministry in the 10th Parliament.
7/9/1996A Delhi court summoned former Prime Minister Narsimha Rao to face trial as an accused in the Lakhubhai Pathak cheating case in which godman Chandraswami was already facing trial.