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Historical Event on 1/31/1976
Air Chief Marshal Om Prakash Mehra, PVSM, retired as the Air Officer Commanding, India Command.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/25/1919 | Naushad, famous film music director, was born. |
| 8/7/1990 | Union Cabinet approves setting up of Indian Broadcasting (Programme) Service. |
| 12/27/1976 | Yashpal, modern hindi litterateur, passed away. |
| 12/7/1989 | Hemananda Biswal sworn in as Orissa Chief Minister. |
| 5/20/1994 | K. Brahmananda Reddy, 83, former Andhra Pradesh CM, passed away in Hyderabad. |
| 3/29/1963 | Siyaramsharan Gupt, great autor of Hindi language, died. |
| 4/11/1992 | Marathi cinema's Bhaichandra Govind Pendharkar gets Phalke Award. |
| 1/14/1758 | Emperor of England's charter allowed the East India Company to keep to any booty taken in war against the enemies of the king and the company. The confisticated goods, after the war, could be kept with them. |
| 12/31/1961 | 99 Infantry Brigade Group, under Brigadier K S Raja, launched operations in Katanga province and regained full control of Katanga amidst stiff resistance offered by a break away faction (Katangese gendarmerie). |
| 5/7/1950 | 81 people died in a rail crash at Patna. A sabotage was suspected. |
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