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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
11/30/2000Dr. Anil Kakodkar takes charge as Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission and Secretary, Department of Atomic Energy.
6/20/1948Lord Mountbatten resigns as the Governor General of Indian Union.
10/2/1951Dr. Shyamprasad Mukharjee established Bhartiya JanSangh Party.
10/1/1997Ordinance promulgated to ban single digit or instant lotteries.
8/16/1974A.Shankar was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 31st March 1977.
9/28/1965India-Pakistan hostility erupts into a war lead by Pakistan.
4/8/1835Raja Ram Mohan Roy reached England.
5/7/1907The First Electric Tramway service commenced in Bombay (Mumbai). This service was inaugurated by Municipality Chairman Vallabhdas Thakersey and Municipal Commissioner Sheppard at 5.30 p.m. This tram was well decorated and destined from Municipal Office upto Crawford Market.
12/11/1990T. N. Seshan appointed CEC, and Mohan Dharia Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission.
8/8/1923Floods on the Ganges and Jumna rivers cause loss of life in Benares, India.