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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
9/3/1767Colonel Smith was defeated in the battle of Changama that took place between the combined forces of Nizam and Hyder Ali and the British army. This was the first war of Mysore. The British concluded a humiliating peace with Hyder Ali of Mysore.
9/29/1914German cruiser Emden shells Madras.
5/24/1992D. R. Bhagwat, veteran journalist, passed away.
1/21/1997Delhi was the first city to use propane gas when 50 autorickshaws were started on trial basis.
6/27/1995Environmentalist and 'Chipko' leader, Shri Sunderlal Bahuguna ends the 49-day old fast in demand for a scientific review of the controversial Tehri dam project in UP.
4/1/1992ESI ceiling of Rs. 3000 comes into effect.
8/22/1933Inhabitants of Partabgarh face starvation as Opium was now outlawed. They had been living from the sale of opium for the past 800 years.
3/31/1843Balwant Pandurang Kirloskar (Annasaheb), first musical playwright of Marathi, was born.
4/26/1999The President dissolves Lok Sabha and orders fresh elections.
6/12/1894Busushottam Vishwanath Bapat, internationally famed Pali language expert, translator and editor, was born.