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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 |
| 11/30/1999 | Prof. M. N. Sromovas, (83), well-known Sociologist in Bangalore, died. |
| 6/26/1982 | First Boeing 707 of Air India `Gaurishankar' was crashed at Sahar Airport (Bombay). |
| 1/26/1993 | Sub Lt. Rubi Singh of the Navy becomes the first woman in India to lead an armed force contingent in the Republic Day parade at New Delhi; British PM John Major attends as the first ever British head of Government as Chief Guest. |
| 9/4/1979 | India need 438 to win v England, game ends at 8-429. |
| 3/18/1944 | Subhash Chandra Bose formed Azad Hind Fauz and took control of Kohima-Imphal. |
| 6/26/1983 | Five hundred killed or missing as monsoon floods hit the Indian state of Gujarat. |
| 11/20/1947 | Parliament gives Indian government censorship powers over press at New Delhi. |
| 7/31/1880 | Nawab Rai\Dhanpat Rai, 'Prem Chand', great litterateur, writer, editor, journalist and headmaster, was born at Lamahi village near Varanasi, UP. |
| 12/16/1921 | Calcutta Electric Supply Corporation started tunnel construction under Hoogly river. |
| 3/26/1989 | Eighth Antarctica Expedition returns after erecting India's second permanent manned station 'Maitri'. |
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