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Historical Event on 12/31/1998
Air Chief Marshal Anil Yashwant Tipnis, PVSM, AVSM, VM, ADC., became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He is the 18th Air Chief Marshal.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/24/1944 | Shivprasad Gupta, philanthropist, freedom fighter and educationist, passed away. |
| 4/7/1938 | Kashiram Chhabildas Rana was born in Surat (Gujarat). |
| 9/14/1997 | Catholic churches in Kerala introduce the system of serving the holy Eucharist in the palm of the faithful instead of on the tongue. |
| 7/20/1991 | Chithira Tirunal Bala Rama Varma, former Maharaja of Travancore, passed away at the age of 78 years after a brief illness. His term as the descendant of the Chera dynasty saw many progressive reforms in the field of legislation, education and many more. He was hailed as ""Ashoka the second"", and Gandhiji parised him as a ""Historical wonder"". |
| 7/6/1993 | 39 people were killed and three officials abducted in J&K . |
| 3/22/1957 | National Calander based on Saka Samvat was adopted. As per this calander, the date of adoption was "Chaitra first, 1879 Saka along with Gregorian. |
| 6/27/1894 | Chhaganbapa (Chhaganlal Karamshi Parekh), great social worker, was born. |
| 9/27/2000 | Venus Williams of USA claims the women's gold in the tennis event in the Sydney Olympics. |
| 6/26/1954 | Nehru, Chou En-lai pledge good-neighbor policy at New Delhi. |
| 2/7/1687 | Mughal army won the Gowalkonda fort. Kutubshahi came to end. |
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