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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
12/6/1946Homeguard Organination was established.
10/14/1956Dr. Bhimrao Ramji, Ambedkar and about two lakh scheduled caste men and women embraced Buddhism in Nagpur.
4/11/1964Communist Party of India was divided in two parts. Firstly known as Communist Party of India [CPI], its second fragmentation was named as Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)]. This division was on ideological differences at the international level.
9/24/1629Jacques Specx appointed Governor General of Dutch-Indies.
1/19/1960Ramchandra Gopal (Dadasaheb Torne), famous film director, passed away.
9/14/1997Fire and explosions devastate terminals and storage tanks at Visakh Refinery of Hindustan Petroleum Corporation. Toll put at 51.
11/11/1996A.P. cyclone toll may cross 2,500.
4/21/1993India announces establishing proof in Pakistan's complicity in Bombay bomb blasts.
1/22/1986Indira Gandhi Rajbhasha Awards instituted.
1/10/1896Gangadhar Kelkar, founder of famous Raja Kelkar Museum at Pune Dinkar, was born.