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Historical Event on 8/1/2000

27 'yatris' (travelers) die after militants attack a ''langar'' in a Pahalgam health resort en route to the Amarnath cave shrine.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/4/1999A batch of 1,690 Indian soldiers leave for Sierra Leone to join the U.N. Mission to implement the peace accord.
7/7/1910'Bharat History Research Mandal' was established.
6/10/1966MIG aeroplanes were designed at Nashik.
2/20/1953India opens $ 140 mil. power system modeled after TVA.
10/28/1999Insurance Bill is introduced amid protest in the Lok Sabha.
1/19/1994CM decide to request Chief Election Commission to implement the photo identity card scheme in phases.
12/20/1998Dr. B. V. Raman (86), a reputed astrologer, dies in Bangalore following a cardiac arrest. He was the Editor of The Astrological Magazine.
9/30/1922Bakhshish Singh Nijjar, great historian and author, was born at Domeli village (Punjab).
1/12/1934Surya Sen (Master Da), revolutionary leader of the Indian Republican Army, who attacked the armoury of Chittagong with 62 men of the Indian Republican Army, was hanged at Chittgong Jail by the Britishers.
12/11/1958Wilson Jones became India's first individual World Champion when he won the Amateur Billiards Championship.