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Historical Event on 8/1/2000

One hundred people of Kinnaur, Shimla and Mandi districts of HP die following flash floods in the Sutlej river.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/10/1920Subramhanyam Bharti, national poet in Tamil language, orator, author, editor, philosopher and revolutionary, passed away.
1/27/1926Arunkumar Vaidya, former General of Indian Army, was born.
6/2/1955A British party scales the third highest peak Mt. Kanchenjunga, highest unclimbed peak.
2/15/1948Subhadra Kumari Chauhan, famous Hindi poet, political agitator, critic and freedom fighter, passed away near Seoni, Madhya Pradesh, in an automobile accident.
1/27/2000K.R. Narayanan, President, opposes any tinkering with the Constitution.
7/4/1999Over 500 children of Kargil migrants take out a procession to Batalik in a show of solidarity with the Indian army.
2/18/1992Sikh extremists murder 17 people in Punjab.
5/5/1818Karl Marx, great journalist, chief editor, writer and social worker, was born at Trier, Germany.
2/8/1995Mulayam Singh wins the crucial vote of strength.
10/21/1959Chinese and Indian troops clash on Ladakh border.