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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 |
| 7/1/1906 | Pulavar Kulandai, great author and poet, was born at Bhavani. |
| 3/22/1991 | Chautala sworn in as Haryana CM. |
| 9/6/1947 | Indian government creates a new ministry of relief and rehabilitation of refugees. |
| 10/17/1970 | Anil Radhakrishna Kumble, cricketer (great Indian leg spinner since 1990), was born in Bangalore. |
| 4/1/1993 | National Aeronautical Laboratory becomes National Aerospace Laboratories. |
| 7/20/2000 | In a nationwide swoop, IT Department officials search the residences of cricketers Kapil Dev, Mohammad Azharuddin, Ajay Jadeja and former ICC Chairman Jagmohan Dalmiya and recover incriminating documents. |
| 6/22/1975 | National Emergency was declared and censorship introduced. |
| 12/13/2000 | Vijay Samuel Hazare, former Indian cricket captain, becomes the first recipient of the 'Castrol Lifetime Achievement award'. |
| 4/12/1801 | Ranjit Singh proclaimed himself Maharaja of Punjab. |
| 10/6/1963 | Baba Kharak Singh, freedom fighter and grand old man of Punjab, died. |
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