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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
9/30/1961Chandrakant Sitaram Pandit, occasional Indian cricket wicket-keeper (late 80's), was born in Bombay.
4/12/1936Nehru urges Socialism for India.
6/9/1900Birsa Munda, freedom fighter and leader, died in Ranchi Jail.
10/9/2000A special court convicts former Tamil Nadu chief minister Jayalalitha and her associate Sasikala and sentences them to undergo three years imprisonment and two years rigorous imprisonment in two 'Tansi land deal' cases.
5/1/1983Amravati University established.
1/17/1941Subhashchandra Bose went underground at Calcutta. He appeared in Moscow after sone days.
6/3/1947Evening newspaper 'Jay Hind' published.
11/27/1972Bhutto reports the release of 616 Indian prisoners captured in the Indian-Pakistani dispute at Pakistan.
9/13/1990An attempt to hijack a Coimbatore-Bangalore-Madras Indian Airlines flight IC 534 to Sri Lanka.
11/25/1962Dasganu (Ganesh Dattatreya Sahastrabuddhe), modern Marathi saint and poet, passed away.