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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
8/17/1998National Human Rights Commission recommends compulsory registration of marriages in a bid to check child marriages.
3/30/1993Punjab beat Maharashtra by 120 runs to win Cricket's Ranji Trophy.
9/12/1779Garibdas, follower of Saint Kabir and founder of 'Garib Panth', died.
5/25/1941Sagarmal Gopa, a devoted patriot and freedom fighter, was arrested in Jaisalmer. He wrote two books ""Jaisalmer Rajya ka Gunda Shasan"" and ""Raghunath Singh Ka Mukadma"" for which he was prohibited to enter in Jaisalmer.
8/25/1996194 pilgrims die of cold at the cave temples of Amarnath .
1/5/1994Tamil Nadu Assembly passes two bills making the Chief Minister, the Chancellor of all universities instead of the Governor.
9/18/1990Devkumar, famous Hindi film actor, died.
12/31/1996Gold import policy liberalised.
3/7/1998A. B. Vajpayee is elected leader of the BJP Parliamentary Party.
10/29/1961New All India Muslim League was established.