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Historical Event on 8/1/2000

Lt. Gen. Padmanabhan to be new Army chief replacing Gen. V. P. Malik.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/20/1996Janaki Ramachandran, chief minister of Tamil Nadu (1988), passed away.
11/25/1977John Lobo became the Director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 30/06/79).
3/26/199914 tonnes of heavy water leaked into the second unit of the Madras Atomic Power Station (MAPS) at Kalpakkam during an in-service inspection.
7/15/1991The 25-day-old Narasimha Rao government wins a vote of confidence in Lok Sabha by securing 241 to 111; 112 abstained.
10/24/1995A total eclipse of the sun witnessed from India to Vietnam.
10/3/1957Republican Party of India established.
8/10/1905Sundarji Gokuldas Betard, modern Gujrathi poet, was born.
8/10/1905Father Francis Xavier, Spanish founder of the Jesuits, 35, and three friends set sail from Lisbon, Portugal for Goa. They became the first Roman Catholic missionaries to travel to India.
4/27/1986Congress (I) expels former Union Minister Pranab Kumar Mukherjee from the party for 6 years.
2/2/1968TERLS dedicated to the United Nations.