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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
1/3/1931Yashwant Dinkar Phadke, great critic of literature, was born.
6/12/1996India's new prime minister H. D. Deve Gowda wins vote of confidence in the Lok Sabha and will rule as head of the United Front Coalition.
6/28/1986Accord with Mizo National Front; Lal Denga to be the chief minister of Mizoram.
8/5/1981Jagjivan Ram heads breakaway Congress(U) and calls new party Congress (J).
5/4/1994Fourth developmental launch of ASLV. 113 kg Stretched Rohini Satellite Series (SROSS-C2) was launched by fourth developmental flight of ASLV-D4 from Sriharikota. This carried two scientific payload, a Gamma Ray Burst (GRB) experiment and a Retarding Potential Analyser (RPA). It is still in service.
6/24/1996Nanchil K. Manoharan, former DMK Finance Minister, expelled from the party.
11/9/1993Tamil Nadu Assembly urges the Centre to amend Constitution to retain 69\% reservation for backward classes.
7/15/1992Lucknow High Court stays any construction activity near the disputed temple in Ayodhya.
2/13/1945Vinod Mehra, famous Hindi film actor, was born.
5/17/1873Hindi daily 'Bharat Mitra' started from Calcutta.