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Historical Event on 7/15/1969

Air Chief Marshal Arjan Singh, Padma Vibhushan, DFC. retired as the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. After retirement he was appointed as the Ambassador in Switzerland.

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10/17/1906Swami Ramtirtha, great social reformer and poet, died at the age of 33.
1/18/1938The last batch of the political prisioners sailed back to the mainland from the Cellular Jail.
8/14/1920Rushikesh Mulgaonkar, Air Chief Marshal (1976-78), was born.
8/19/1993Sharad Pawar elected to Maharashtra Legislative Council from Pune.
3/14/1999Arjun Atwal won the Indian Open Golf in Calcutta.
11/10/1990Two Burmese youth hijack a Thai Airlines Airbus with 221 passengers on board to Calcutta.
7/6/1993JPC decides to send 'interrogatory letters' to PM's aide R. K. Khandekar, Sunil Mittal and 7 others.
12/21/1956The Hindu Adoption Sub-Act 1956 was accepted.
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