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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 |
| 2/25/1760 | Lord Clive left India. His successors as Governors of India were J. Holwell and H. Vansittart from July 1760 to 1765. He was re-posted to India on May 3, 1765. |
| 12/11/1999 | Dr. M. L. Madhu, poet and translator, wins the Pushkin Gold Medal award. |
| 12/6/1998 | 13th Asian Games inaugurated at Bangkok. |
| 9/30/2000 | The Government appoints Dr. D.P.S. Seth as CMD of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. |
| 1/25/1999 | Dr. R. Chidambaram, nuclear scientist, among the 14 distinguished personalities chosen for Padma Vibhushan. Sachin Tendulkar and Ruskin Bond get Padma Shri. |
| 10/9/1996 | 27-member ministry of National Conference headed by its president Dr. Farooq Abdullah sworn-in in J&K. |
| 12/25/1919 | Naushad, famous film music director, was born. |
| 10/31/1999 | Shankar Dayal Sharma, former President, is conferred with the Indira Gandhi Award. |
| 4/16/1930 | Baba Kanshi Ram, freedom fighter and social reformer, was arrested by British police. |
| 5/25/1997 | In a bid to break the deadlock on naming transport corporation after caste leaders in southern districts, Tamil Nadu Government agrees to create a new bus corporation named after Pulithevan. |
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