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Historical Event on 1/1/1988

The Officers Training School (OTS) was re-christened as Officers Training Academy. Besides training Indian nationals, 74 cadets from Sri Lanka have also been trained at the OTA.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/25/16586th Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb arrested his father Shahjahan and put him in Agra Fort Jail.
7/17/1948Govt. announced that all discriminations against women in matter of employment will be done away with and in future, women will be eligible for any public service including administrative sevice and police service.
1/14/1998Prof. Amartya Kumar Sen, Economist, is sworn in new Master of the Trinity College. He is the first Asian to head a Cambridge College.
11/27/1999BJP recaptures the Jaipur Civic body posts by winning 49 out of 70 seats.
6/4/1972First Environment Day.
7/18/1993Jayalalitha goes on fast on Cauvery issue.
7/18/1993King Birbal, renowned wit and one amongst the 'Navratna' of Emperor Akbar's Court, died in a war with Usuf Jard Kabile.
1/15/1998Binda Prasad Kashyap, 73, CPI leader, passed away in Nagpur.
1/28/1992Umanath Vachaspati, Magsesey Award winner, passed away.
7/23/1904The Great Indian Peninsula Railway started First Class restaurant cars on its mail trains.