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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.
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| 2/12/2000 | Ashok Shandilya wins the men's title in the National Billiards championship in Bangalore. |
| 1/9/1935 | Savita Jajodiya, famous Marathi writer, was born. |
| 5/18/1901 | Nibaran Chandra Chakrabarti, great poet and Hindi writer, was born in Brahmangaon, (Dacca). |
| 9/18/1995 | Kaka Hathrasi, famous comedy poet, died. |
| 7/22/1925 | Govind Talwalkar, famous journalist and editor, was born. |
| 2/28/1930 | Strike by workers of the Nizam state railways over bonus. |
| 7/10/1971 | Kochin University was established in Kerala. |
| 11/10/1989 | Foundation stone laid for the Ram Janambhoomi temple at Ayodhya. |
| 4/1/1998 | Prabhat Kumar, a 1963 batch IAS officer, was appointed as the new Cabinet Secretary of India. He succeeded T.S.R. Subramaniam and held the office till 31-10-2000. |
| 4/13/1940 | Najma Heptulla, Vice President of Rajya Sabha, was born. |
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