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Historical Event on 8/1/2000

One hundred people of Kinnaur, Shimla and Mandi districts of HP die following flash floods in the Sutlej river.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/8/1831Edward R L Bulwer-Lytton was born.
10/20/1961B. S. Guha, famous human scientist, died.
1/1/1999This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Year of Elderly"".
4/21/1994Malayalam sweeps national film awards. Mammootty, Shobhana best actor and actress; T.V. Chandran best director; Buddadeb Das Gupta's Bengali 'Charachar' adjudged best film.
12/16/1770Ludwig Van Beethoven, greatest musician, poet and innovator, was born.
2/6/1827Shyam Shastri, musician and a great artist of India, passed away at the age of 65 years.
1/30/1948Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, the spiritual leader of Indian independence, was shot and killed by a Hindu extremist. The 78-year-old Gandhi was shot at point-blank range as he was walking through a garden to a pergola, where he was to deliver his daily prayer meeting.
6/20/1939Ramakant Bhikaji Desai, cricketer (effective pace bowler for India in the 60s), was born in Bombay.
2/1/1922Gandhiji gives notice to the Viceroy Lord Reading during Bardoli movement to inform him that he was intensifying his action and non-cooperation was to be escalated to Civil Disobedience.
10/31/1997Autonomous Prasar Bharati with enough muscle to get Government off its back is promised by Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Jaipal Reddy, while announcing changes to Prasar Bharati Act in New Delhi.