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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
2/3/1954Over 350 Hindus trampled to death in a stampede at religious rites at New Delhi.
4/30/1988Raj Kapoor gets Dada Saheb Phalke award for 1988.
7/27/1889Branch of Indian National Congress, 'British India Committee' , was established under the leadership of Dadabhai Navroji.
6/8/1915P.C.Kuttikrishnan 'Urub', Malyalam story writer and novelist, was born.
6/25/1983India won 'Prudential World Cup' Cricket Championship held in England after defeating West Indies.
11/12/1997India elected to executive board of UNESCO.
2/22/1993Vinod Kambli scores 224 vs England at Bombay in 411 balls and smashes 23 fours.
10/20/1998Security forces unearth 770 kg of RDX and plastic explosives in the Tangmay area of Baramulla district in Jammu and Kashmir.
3/18/1919Rowlatt Act, intended to perpetuate the extraordinary powers enjoyed by the Government under Lord Chelmsford during the war, provokes countrywide protests. This Rowlatt Act was forced instead of 1915 Indian Security Act which reduced freedom of Indian people.
3/16/1946Alladiya Khan, famous singer of Kolhapur Darbar, passed away.