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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 |
| 3/16/1995 | K. Karunakaran resigns as CM of Kerala; Finance Minister presents Central Budget. |
| 4/24/1993 | Congress dissidents K. N. Singh, Natwar Singh, K. L. Fotedar and Shiela Dikshit suspended. |
| 9/14/1992 | The government allows foreign investors to enter the Indian capital market; incentives offered. |
| 7/15/1986 | India protests against China's intrusion of six to seven km into the Indian territory in Arunachal Pradesh. |
| 1/14/1998 | The Prime Ministers of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh come together for a three-nation business summit in Dhaka. |
| 9/16/1916 | M. S. Subalaxmi, famous classical singer and Bharat Ratna awardee, was born. |
| 11/5/1931 | M. G. Subramaniam, cricket test umpire for 2 tests from 1983-84, was born in Karnataka. |
| 11/5/1931 | Buhlul Khan Lodi, an Afghan of Lodi tribe, marched down upon Delhi. |
| 1/31/1996 | Asia's first Sports University inaugurated in Pune. |
| 8/28/1906 | Chintamani Govind (Mama Pendse), great actor, was born. |
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