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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
6/14/1991Punjab was declared ""disturbed area""; army deployed.
3/9/1993AIADMK severs alliance with the Congress in Tamil Nadu.
5/3/1999Cochin Port Trust men and Southern Railway women won the 21st Federation Cup volleyball titles in Pathanamthitta.
2/17/1931Viceroy of India Lord Irvin accepted Mahatma Gandhi as leader of people and invited him at Vicregal Lodge (now known at Rashtrapati Bhavan). After the event, Winston Churchill, who later became Prime Minister of Britain, referred Gandhiji as ""the Half-Naked Fakir of India"".
5/16/1999Senior Congress leaders oppose Sonia Gandhi as Prime Minister.
8/13/1928Nationalists issue a draft constitution calling for dominion status and a two-chamber parliament.
10/1/1997Bus with 70 people fell into a stream near Cuddappah.
9/2/1960Dr. Shankar Purushottam Adharkar, famous Botanist in India, passed away.
2/13/1994Dr. Krishnaprasad Mishra, 'Sahitya Academy Award' winner, Oria novelist and short story writer, passed away.
4/1/2000India wins four golds in the under-14 Youth chess championship in Teheran.