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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
1/12/1997Paes-Bhupathi win doubles title in the Singapore Open Challenger hardcourt tennis.
1/4/1924Vidyadhar Gokhle, editor, playwright and politician, was born.
4/8/1929Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt threw two bombs on the Assembly Hall.
11/12/1984Rajiv Gandhi elected Congress (I) President.
9/20/1942Kanak Lata Barua, a yound child who tried to host the national flag at Goupur police station in Assam with the help of 500 people, was shot by the police station incharge.
1/17/1985Azharuddin scores second Test century in second Test vs England.
1/17/1985Maharana Pratap Singh of Udaipur, great freedom fighter, soldier and revolutionary, passed away. His son Amar Singh succeeded him.
1/17/1985Queen Elizabeth I granted its Royal Charter to the 218 Knights and merchants of the City of London who formed the East India Company. The venture failed to achieve its stated objectives -- it made little impression on the Dutch control of the spice trade and could not establish a lasting outpost in the East Indies.
11/16/1958India and U.S.S.R. sign trade agreement to exchange Soviet industrial and agricultural equipment for farm commodities at Moscow.
3/1/1997India under-19 team wins third `Test', claims three-test series 2-0 win in Matara.