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Historical Event on 12/31/1998

Air Chief Marshal Satish Kumar Sareen PVSM, AVSM, VM, ADC, retired as the Air Officer Commanding, India Command.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/31/1991Air Chief Marshal Nirmal Chandra Suri PVSM, AVSM, VM, ADC. became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 31/July/1993.
10/23/1934Gandhi resigns as leader of the All India Congress.
1/1/199730-year Ganga water sharing treaty between India and Bangladesh takes effect.
12/11/1998Kavi Pradeep (84), poet who received 1998 Dadasaheb Phalke award, dies in Mumbai. He was a patriotic song writer and wrote several immortal Hindi film songs.
12/9/1999BJP expels former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Kalyan Singh.
9/17/1937Sitakant Mahapatra, 1933 Gyanpeeth awardee and famous Orria poet, was born.
10/28/1997Cabinet permits RBI to issue rupee notes of 1000 denomination.
12/15/1912Aspy Merwan, engineer and who became the Air Marchal of India, was born.
12/27/1988The first hot-air Cross India Balloon started its flight in Rajasthan.
4/27/1854First telegram was sent between Mumbai and Pune.