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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
1/3/1985Azharuddin scores 110 in first Test innings.
4/19/1910Anant Laxman Kanhere, revolutionary, was hanged.
3/23/1967Pandey Bechain Sharma (Ugra) passed away.
1/15/1998Gulzari Lal Nanda, Gandhian freedom fighter and twice acting Prime Minister in 1964 and 1966, died in Ahmedabad at the age of 100 years.
4/24/1965Kosi Barrage inaugurated by King Mahendra of Nepal.
2/8/1994Gopalrao Deuskar, internationally famed painter, passed away.
5/15/1998The Indian Army at Chandilora (Tangmey) captured 15 kg charas, 400 gm dust of charas and 12 kg leaves of charas.
6/27/1966D. S. Joshi was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 31-12-1968.
1/30/1999Paes-Bhupathi stumbled in the doubles final losing to Patrick Rafter-Jonas Bjorkman in the Australian Open Tennis tournament.
12/1/1993Tata Steel's Amit Bhaduria win's India's first gold medal in the 10th Asian Track and Field meet in Manila in discus throw.