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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
10/9/1877Utkalmani Pandit Gopabandhu Das, great freedom fighter, social reformer, educationist, poet, author, lawyer of modern Orrisa, was born in Puri District, Orissa.
9/18/1909Kilachand Ramdas, famous merchant, was born.
7/24/1783Simon Bolivar, great dynamic leader and social reformer, was born at Carcas.
6/9/1752French army surrenders to the English in Trichinopoly, India.
11/11/1980The Hindustan Times says the 'British have reverted to what they basically are & a small, little people with small, little minds inhabiting a small, little island in the Atlantic.'
3/27/1966Indira Gandhi meets Johnson in Washington.
9/26/1996High Court rejected Rao's petition for anticipatory bail in Pathak cheating case.
3/21/1966Indian Remote Sensing Satellite (IRS-P3) placed into polar orbit. This carries remote sensing payload and an X-ray astronomy payload. Launched by third developmental flight of India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-D3) which is for launching 1,000-1,200 kg class of remote sensing satellites into polar sun-synchronous orbit. Still in service.
11/22/1967Tara Singh, freedom fighter, Akali Dal leader master and politician, died at Amritsar.
12/1/1911Dayarnav Raghunath Kopardekar, founder of ""Indrayani Sahitya Prakashan Sanstha"", was born.