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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 |
| 11/1/1974 | Vangipurappu Venkata Sai Laxman, cricketer (Indian Test batsman v S Africa 1996 ), was born in Hyderabad. |
| 7/31/1948 | State Transport Corporation was established in Calcutta. |
| 9/10/1980 | Mangalore University established. |
| 1/22/1901 | Nirmal Kumar Bose was born. |
| 10/15/1915 | Dr. I. Gopalkrishnan, Cricket Test Umpire for 7 tests from 1960-67, was born in Tamil Nadu. |
| 12/30/1941 | Gandhiji, at his own request, is relieved of hi-leadership of Congress by Working Committee. |
| 10/2/1942 | Menka Devi, freedom fighter, was arrested by the police when she and her friends were carrying out Gandhi Jayanti procession. She was tortured with cigar butts and the administration set her house on fire. |
| 7/11/1897 | Sibnath Banerjee, great social worker, freedom fighter and leader, was born in village Brahman Rangdia, Khulna district. |
| 7/11/1897 | Chandragupta I succeeded his father Ghatotkacha at Patliputra. He is known for establishing the Gupta dynasty. Gupta era begins. |
| 6/29/1997 | Anand wins Frankfurt chess classic '97 title in Germany. |
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