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Historical Event on 8/1/1988
Air Chief Marshal Surinder Kumar Mehra PVSM, AVSM, VM, ADC., became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 31/July/1991.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/30/1999 | A B Vajpayee, Prime Minister, calls upon the people at an election campaign in Lucknow to give him a five-year term. |
| 4/4/1998 | G. Sarala Devi, 62, CPI leader and general secretary of the National Federation of Indian Women, passed away in Hyderabad. |
| 10/31/1962 | Krishna Menon, Home Minister, resign due to attack by China. |
| 1/24/1966 | Dr. Homi Jahangir Bhabha, chairmain of Atomic Research Institute, passed away near Geneva when Air India Boeing 707 crashed in accident at Alps Hills, Mont Blanc in Switzerland killing all the 117 persons on board. |
| 8/7/1871 | Abanindranath Tagore, great modern artist and painter, was born at Jorasanko in Calcutta. |
| 4/1/1930 | Government announced 15 yrs and 18 yrs as minimum marriageable age for girls and boys. This is presently remodified. |
| 3/22/1739 | Nadir Shah entered Delhi. He gave the signal to one of his soldiers from Sunheri mosque. |
| 1/21/1882 | Vaman Malhar Joshi, Marathi novelist, was born. |
| 10/29/1920 | Jamia Milliya Islamia was founded by Dr. Jakir Husain and his collegues at Aligarh. 'Khilafat' and the Non- Cooperation Movement were an integral part of policy animating. |
| 6/11/1907 | Shantilal Jivanlal Gandhi, famous Hindi writer, was born in Mehmadabad, Gujarat . |
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