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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
7/19/1949Raja of Tehri Garhwal announces merger with Indian Union.
2/15/1998Tennis duo Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupati were ranked No. 2 when they won Dubai Open.
12/14/1998The Supreme Court allows Karnataka to begin skeletal work on erection of 26 crest gates at the Almatti dam on the Krishna at ''its own risk and cost'', but directs it not to raise the dam height beyond the present 509 metres.
10/31/1999Shankar Dayal Sharma, former President, is conferred with the Indira Gandhi Award.
7/31/1993K. Vijaya Rama Rao became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 31/07/96).
12/16/1770Ludwig Van Beethoven, greatest musician, poet and innovator, was born.
9/30/1996Phase I assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh.
7/7/1943Rasbehari Bose handed over the command of 'Azad Hind Fauz' to Netaji Subhashchandra Bose at Singapore.
1/29/1992India and Israel decide to establish full diplomatic relations.
1/14/1843Fakir Mohan Senapati, great writer and nationalist, was born.