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Historical Event on 7/16/1969
Air Chief Marshal Pratap Chandra Lal, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan, DFC. became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 15/01/1973.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/19/1976 | Maharshi Dayanand University established in Haryana. |
| 7/27/1947 | Princes were appealed to regard people's paramountcy as a privilege. |
| 1/28/1865 | Lala Lajpat Rai 'Punjab Kesari', great valiant freedom fighter, social reformer, humanitarian and lawyer, was born in Dhudike village of Ferozepur district, Punjab. |
| 8/3/1780 | British officer captain Bruce conquered Gwalior fort under Major Popham after defeating Sindhiya. |
| 4/11/1964 | Communist Party of India was divided in two parts. Firstly known as Communist Party of India [CPI], its second fragmentation was named as Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)]. This division was on ideological differences at the international level. |
| 1/10/1979 | Anand Gopal Shauri, litterateur and journalist, passed away. |
| 11/14/1957 | Children's Day. |
| 11/22/1971 | Indian and Pakistan governments protested violations of national airspace along the western border, but aerial conflict between the respective air arms began, preceding full-scale warfare between India and Pakistan by 12 days. |
| 1/17/1908 | Akkineni Lakshmi Varaprasada Rao Prasad, film producer, was born. |
| 8/11/1961 | Dadra and Nagar Haweli declared as Union Territory States. |
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