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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
2/10/1961P. L. Deshpande played first solo drama 'Batatyachi Chawl'.
3/9/1931The Tories decide not to attend future round table talks on India in London.
4/30/1947The entire nation is stirred by religious strife.
6/10/194277 Mountain Brigade was raised at Sagar, Madhya Pradesh.
8/2/1919Bharat Bhushan Agrawal, famous poet and winner of Sahitya Academy Award, was born.
5/19/1975Farm truck packed with wedding party run over by a train, killing 66 in truck, at 40 miles south of Pune.
11/30/1974India, Pakistan decide to end the ten-year trade ban.
2/1/194217 Indian Division's were withdrawn over vast stretches and the British evacuation in Burma was the longest in British military history. The Division was to subsequently extract terrible retribution from the Japanese Army during World War II and to destabilise the Indian Economy with forged notes of 5, 10 and 100 Rupees.
5/27/1999IAF loses two fighter aircrafts in the Kargil area. Pakistan claims it has Flight Lieutenant Nachiketa in its custody.
10/30/1976Elections to the lower house of the Indian Parliament suspended again until early 1978.