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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
3/1/1971General Election ( 5th) of India begins.
9/5/1846Sir Charles Metkaf, Governor General of East India Company, died.
4/8/1887Ramnarayan Vishwanath Pathak, famous Gujrati litterateur critic, poet and story writer, was born.
5/31/1973Mohan Kumaramangalam, Central Minister, died in an air crash near Delhi.
5/19/1971Indian Navy's first submarine station started at 'Veer Bahu' in Visakhapatanam.
3/6/1997Indian Ocean Rim Association for Regional Cooperation (IOR-ARC) inaugurated in Mauritius.
12/5/199156 JD MLA's belonging to V.P. Singh faction elect a new leader in UP.
8/27/1987B. Shankaranand appointed Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee to enquire into the Bofors gun deal.
2/21/1995The plan outlay for Andhra Pradesh for 1995-96 fixed at Rs. 3.159 crores.
9/29/1993JD, JD(A) and SJP merge to fight BJP in the assembly elections.