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Historical Event on 4/1/1954
Air Marshal Subroto Mukerjee became the first Indian to become the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 08/Nov/1960.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/15/1947 | The Indian independence divided not only the country but its armed forces as well. These units came down and their equipment was transferred to the newly created Royal Pakistan Air Force. Thus, the principal components of the Royal Indian Air Force, during the partition, were nos. 3, 4, 7, 8 and 10 Squadrons with Tempest US, No. 2 Squadron with Spitfires and No. 12 Squadron with C-47s and No. 1 Air Observation Flight (AOF). The establishment of this AOF with AOP Auster 4s, 5s and 6s, coincided with independence. No. 6 Squadron, which had been in process of converting from Spitfires to C-47s at Drigh Road, had been stood down and its transports transferred to Pakistan. |
| 7/22/1959 | Ananth Kumar was born in Banglore. He is a Minister in Vajpayee's Government. |
| 12/10/1886 | Ardeshir M. Irani, producer, director, exhibitor and founder of Star Films Ltd. Bombay, was born at Poona. His first film was 'Veer Abhimanyu'. |
| 3/29/1977 | S. N. Mathur became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 02/05/77). |
| 6/2/1955 | A British party scales the third highest peak Mt. Kanchenjunga, highest unclimbed peak. |
| 7/11/1964 | M C Chagla, Union Minister of Education, turns the first sod for the foundation of the 4 ft tunnel. |
| 1/23/1975 | Omeo Kumar Das, one of the great patriots of Assam, passed away at the age of 81. He selflessly worked for the tea plantation workers and made efforts to get them better living standards. He translated Gandhiji's autobiography ""My Experiments with Truth"" in Assamese language. |
| 1/31/1903 | Smt. Sharda Bhaurao Diwan, educationalist, was born. |
| 7/27/1993 | Rao government defeats the no-confidence motion by 265-251 votes. Seven of the JD (A) vote with government as JD (A) and AIADMK decide to vote for no-confidence motion. |
| 1/28/1984 | Sohrab Meherwanji Modi, famous drama and film producer, director and actor, passed away. |
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