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Historical Event on 8/1/1997

Nitin Mongia wins Laser standard in sailing championship in Hyderabad.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/9/1997Mumbai regains Ranji Trophy in Gwalior.
10/26/1932Chinadorai Deshmutu, Indian field hockey player (Olympics-1952), was born.
7/31/1997Election Commission agrees to grant national party status to Bahujan Samaj Party but asks it to give up its election symbol--elephant.
12/1/1966Nagaland becomes a state of the Indian Union.
10/22/1796Sawai Madhav Rao Peshwa II committed suicide by jumping from the terrace.
2/10/1979Itanagar was declared as capital of Arunachal Pradesh.
10/27/1920Kocheril Raman Narayanan was born in the village of Uzhavoor in Kottayam district, Kerala.
12/13/2000Vijay Samuel Hazare, former Indian cricket captain, becomes the first recipient of the 'Castrol Lifetime Achievement award'.
10/5/1997Dr. Kalpana Chawla became the first Indian woman to become an astronaut. (year 1997 or Oct. 5, 1998)
8/25/1992Veerappa Moily, Karnataka minister, stripped of Education portfolio.