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Historical Event on 9/30/1997

Gen. V. P. Malik takes over from Gen. Shankar Roychowdhury as Chief of Army Staff.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/18/1858Rani Laxmi Bai of Jhansi died while fighting with the British troops in the battlefield near Gwalior.
6/15/1991General Election (10th) of India ends. In this election Indian National Congress won.
2/2/1965Government sanction was accorded to the Officers Training School for the start of Short Service Regular Commission.
9/30/1997Gen. V. P. Malik takes over from Gen. Shankar Roychowdhury as Chief of Army Staff.
8/16/1886Swami Ramakrishna Paramahamsa dies at the age of 50. His real name was Gadadhar Ghatterji. An Indian mystic, leader and saint, he preached unity of religions. Swami Vivekanand was his disciple.
8/16/1886Humayun reconquered Delhi after defeating Sher - Shar Alias Sikandar Suri in Machiwara and Sarhind battles. It is said that he won the crown but not the empire.
12/3/1956Manik Bandopadhyay, modern Bengali novelist and story writer, passed away.
8/12/1919Dr. Vikram Ambalal Sarabhai, the father of Indian space technology and scientist, was born at Ahmedabad.
2/6/1953Congress, PSP, CP and Jansangh recognised as All India parties by the Election Commission.
1/1/1988On the Christan New Year Day, Maharashtra became the first state to launch a public campaign against smoking.