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Historical Event on 12/1/1960

Air Marshal Aspy Merwan Engineer DFC became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 31/07/1964.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/20/1947British Prime Minister Clement Attlee announced in the House of Commons, London, that Britain will release India before June 1948 and for this purpose Lord Louis Mountbatten was appointed to work as the new Viceroy of India.
11/16/1713Chhatrapati Shahu appointed Balaji Vishwanath, a very remarkable man in Maratha history, as 'Peshwa'.
9/21/1996Rao resigns Congress Party President post.
3/2/1982Indira Gandhi opened Mahatma Gandhi Road Bridge at Patna.
8/27/1990The Cabinet Committee on political affairs decides to put a proposal before the Parliament providing five to ten per cent of Central Government jobs reserved for economically weaker sections.
8/9/1893Shivpujan Sahai, famous Hindi story writer and novelist, was born at Bihar in a middle class family.
10/14/1940Cliff Richards [Harry Webb], rock vocalist, was born in Lucknow, India.
6/12/1972D. G. Tendulkar, historian who had written the autobiography of Mahatma Gandhi, died.
6/3/1995Mayavati (BSP) becomes the new CM of UP with the outside support of BJP.
2/19/1949Mass arrests of communists in India.