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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 |
| 1/28/2000 | Indian junior cricket team wins the Youth cricket World Cup. |
| 7/26/1614 | Jahangir captured Mewar from Rana Amar Singh. A treaty was signed. In the Mughal court, Rana and his son were treated with exceptional courtesy. |
| 7/2/1950 | Yusuf Meharali, socialist leader, died. |
| 9/6/1657 | Shahjahan fell ill. His four sons Dara Shikoh, Suja, Aurangzeb and Murad advanced towards Delhi to capture the throne. |
| 5/27/1996 | A. B. Vajpayee, PM, seeks vote of confidence in his 12-day old govt. |
| 12/10/1923 | Madhav Gururao Kulkarni, great author and educationist, was born in Rani Bennur, Dharwar. |
| 12/10/1923 | Allau'd-din Hasan Gangu alias Jafar Khan. The Muslim kingdom of Bahmani dynasty in the south as Sultan Allau'd-din Khalji. He renamed Gulbarga, his capital as 'Hasanabad'. |
| 2/16/1994 | Military Museum established at Ahmadnagar. |
| 3/1/1908 | A.E.T. Barrow, educationist, was born. |
| 12/30/1946 | Jawaharlal Nehru calls on Gandhiji, who says, ""My reason wholly supports my heart"". |
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