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Historical Event on 1/31/1976

Air Chief Marshal Om Prakash Mehra, PVSM, retired as the Air Officer Commanding, India Command.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/4/1973Mohan Rakesh, famous modern Hindi dramatist, novelist and story writer, passed away.
5/8/1963Centenary of Indian Red Cross was celebrated. Today is birthday of its founder.
11/29/1916Vasant Shridhar Vaidya, great industrialist, was born at Phaltan.
6/8/1936Akashwani Radio was later changed into All India Radio (AIR) in 1958.
4/8/1998Sedapatti R. Muthiah resigns as the Union Surface Transport Minister at the behest of his party supremo Jayalalitha. He is involved in court cases.
12/5/1990With the induction of 60 ministers, the Bihar Cabinet becomes the largest ever cabinet in India with a total of 71 ministers.
9/7/1931Meena Mangeshkar, famous playback singer, was born.
2/27/1999Union Budget presented. Fiscal deficit cut to 4.4 per cent.
7/26/1844Gooroodas Banerjee was born in Calcutta. He was a Judge of Calcutta High Court.
12/8/1999Dr. Shankar K. Pal of the Indian Statistical Institute selected for the G.D. Birla Award for 1999.