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Historical Event on 8/1/1992

S. Rajgopal was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 31-07-1993.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/5/1659Dara Shukoh celebrated his coronation at Deorai after the final defeat.
8/1/2000One hundred people of Kinnaur, Shimla and Mandi districts of HP die following flash floods in the Sutlej river.
12/14/1931Viceroy of India issues new powers to seize properties of those who, following independence leader Gandhi, refuse to pay taxes.
8/9/1911Khorshedji Rustomji Meher-Homji, cricketer (Indian wicket-keeper 1936), was born in Bombay.
12/29/1984Rajiv Gandhi claims for Indian Prime Minister post after his landslide majority in 8th General Elections.
4/15/1996Shyam Benegal's film ""The Making of a Mahatma"" released in South Africa.
7/24/1994Bodo kills 37 moslems in Bashbari, North Eastern India.
5/22/1936Lord Brabourne laid the foundation stone of Brabourne Stadium in Bombay.
2/18/1911Under the auspices of the British Army, French pilot Henry Pequet makes the first official airmail flight from Allahabad to Naini Junction.
3/24/1998200 people are killed in a tornado on both sides of the West Bengal-Orissa border. The toll includes 80 from West Bengal's Midnapore district.