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Historical Event on 8/1/1957

M. K. Vellodi was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 04-06-1958.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/13/1971General Insurance nationalized.
4/15/1963Manoj Prabhakar, cricketer (Indian opening batsman & opening bowler), was born in Ghaziabad.
4/6/1906Kaveri Bhaskar Karve, teacher and author, was born at Harnai, Ratnagiri, .
12/25/1932King George V's chair collapsed during his Christmas dinner speech.
5/12/1984Dr. Rajah Sir Muthiah Chettiar, social reformer, passed away at Madras.
12/24/1984Eigth General Elections of India began .
6/11/1907Shantilal Jivanlal Gandhi, famous Hindi writer, was born in Mehmadabad, Gujarat .
10/10/1946Noakhali Massacre.
7/12/1996Ram Vilas Paswan presents railway budget 96-97 with 10\% hike in freight and upper class journeys.
2/28/1987The National Science Day was celebrated for the first time at the ICMR Headquarters and all its Institutes/Centres in February 1987 through exhibitions, lectures, demonstration campaigns etc. (This has now become an annual event).