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Historical Event on 4/1/1954
Air Marshal Subroto Mukerjee became the first Indian to become the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 08/Nov/1960.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
10/15/1996 | Dengue fever in Delhi takes 156 lives. |
11/13/1998 | Tendulkar blazes as India wins the Coca Cola Cup at Sharjah beating Zimbabwe in the final. |
8/22/1979 | Neelam Sanjeev Reddy, President of India, dissolves the sixth Lok Sabha, orders year-end general elections and asks Charan Singh to head a caretaker government. |
1/3/2000 | A. B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, accuses Pakistan for the hijack of an Indian Airlines aircraft. (The crisis ended on Dec. 31 last with the Vajpayee Government agreeing to free three terrorists in exchange for the passengers). |
7/17/1935 | Dr. Ram Babu Gupta, cricket test umpire for 11 tests from 1986-89, was born at Delhi. |
1/19/1985 | Dr. P. C. Alexander, principal secretary to the PM, quits following the arrest of three aides in an espionage case. |
1/7/1997 | Jaspal Rana bags six gold medals in the men's standard pistol and air pistol and set two more records on the penultimate day of the National shooting. |
3/16/1997 | Saidian Shafi, correspondent, Ankhon Dekhi', TV news magazine, and his personal security officer killed by militants in Srinagar. |
7/21/1936 | Vasantrao Vishnu Limye, senior journalist and President of 'Ratnagiri District Parishad', was born. |
7/16/1956 | K. L. Pawar, who guided students for the written examinations, was born. |
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