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Historical Event on 8/1/1957

M. K. Vellodi was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 04-06-1958.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/12/1930Babu Genu sacrificed his life to stage the boycott of foreign goods.
10/18/1995Punjab CM Harcharan Singh Brar inducts All India Youth Congress President Maninderjit Singh Bitta in to the cabinet.
10/18/1995Mughal conqueror Babur Shah (1483-1530) defeats Ibrahim Lodi II, the Lodi Sultan of Delhi, and captures Delhi and the Koh-i-noor diamond, in the First Battle of Panipat. He founded the Mughal dynasty in India (1526-1761), consolidated by his grandson Akbar.
6/9/1980M. G. Ramachandran's second AIADMK ministry takes office.
9/5/1998Trishul and Akash test fired from Chandipore.
2/3/1954Over 350 Hindus trampled to death in a stampede at religious rites at New Delhi.
12/24/1921Rabindranath Tagore established ""Visva Bharati"" at Santiniketan with Brojendra Nath Seal as the chief guest.
8/26/2000Vijay Kumar wins the Hindu Open Golf championship at the Cosmopolitan Club in Chennai.
4/5/1848Satara kingdom came to end.
7/22/1991New industrial policy for liberalisation of economies announced in Parliament.