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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
9/19/2000India remains committed to a unilateral moratorium on nuclear tests, but we will not allow this stand to stand in the way of our protecting India's supreme natural interest,'' said Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee on his return from the US.
3/1/196325 Sqn, AF was formed with 04XAN-12 aircraft acquired from the erstwhile USSR. This was to supply lines to the Army in the Northern Sector encompassing J&K and Ladakh regions.
7/2/1905Shantiswaroop Dhavan, former Governor of West Bengal, was born.
4/15/1976India announces it will send an envoy to Peking, first time in 15 years.
7/29/1927Madhavsingh Solanki, one of the leaders in Gujarat, was born.
3/1/1640Britishers were allowed to do commercial activities in Madras.
7/22/19961996-97 budget presented to Parliament by Finance Minister P. Chidambaram.
4/26/1999India's Atanu Lahiri and Bhagyashree Thipsay won the men's and women's titles respectively in the Commonwealth chess championship in Bikaner.
7/13/1830Raja Ram Mohun Roy and Alexander Duff, in 1921 Scottish Church College, General Assembly s Institution was established with only five students, where teaching of the Bible took an important part.
5/19/1980Dr. Ramashankar Shukla 'Rasal', famous writer, passed away.