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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
9/17/1956Oil and Natural Gas Commission (ONGC ) established.
8/26/1996Supreme Court asks Harshad Mehta to pay Rs. 217 crore to the Income Tax department.
3/31/1935374 infants wed at a mass ceremony.
10/3/1984India's longest distance train Himsagar Express (from Jammu Tavi to Kanya Kumari) was first flagged.
3/28/1990Bengal beat Delhi in rained-out cricket Ranji Trophy final on quotient.
9/13/1997India drubs Maldives in SAFF football final in Kathmandu.
3/4/1995Kakrapar nuclear power station's second unit located near Surat synchronised to the western grid after mandatory tests.
6/27/1894Chhaganbapa (Chhaganlal Karamshi Parekh), great social worker, was born.
1/11/1955Production of Newsprint paper factory started for the first time in India.
12/28/1926Imperial Airways begins England-India mail & passenger service.