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Historical Event on 1/15/1949
General K. N. Kariappa became the first Indian Commander-in-Chief. He was the first Indian to reach to this post in Indian Army. In 1956, he was designated as Chief of the Army Staff - General, later Field Marshal. This event is commemoratively observed as Army Day.

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12/27/1962	India and Pakistan begin negotiations over Kashmir.
9/4/1997	Madhavrao Scindia, Tariq Anwar, Meira Kumar, Oscar Fernandes and R. R. Dhawan appointed AICC general-secretaries by party president Sitaram Kesri.
8/20/1986	A restructured 20-point programme announced.
6/24/1908	Gopinath, famous Kathakali dancer, was born.
2/26/1857	First Indian Revolution called the Sepoy Mutiny ends in a few months with the fall of Delhi and Lucknow which broke out in Berhampore by the 19th Bengal Infantry.
5/1/1966	Marathi becomes the official language of Maharashtra.
5/2/1954	Ceylon Asian conference ends with plea for peace in Indo-China, end of atomic tests and condemnation of colonialism.
8/8/1991	India and Soviet Union extend their treaty of peace, friendship and co-operation for 20 more years.
6/28/1857	Nana Sahib proclaimed himself as the Peshwa and called for the total extermination of the British power of India at Bithoor.

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Historical Event on 1/15/1949 General K. N. Kariappa became the first Indian Commander-in-Chief. He was the first Indian to reach to this post in Indian Army. In 1956, he was designated as Chief of the Army Staff - General, later Field Marshal. This event is commemoratively observed as Army Day.

Historical Event on 1/15/1949
General K. N. Kariappa became the first Indian Commander-in-Chief. He was the first Indian to reach to this post in Indian Army. In 1956, he was designated as Chief of the Army Staff - General, later Field Marshal. This event is commemoratively observed as Army Day.