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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
10/27/1947Indian Governments accepts King of Jammu and Kashmir Maharaja Harisingh's accession merging Jammu and Kashmir in India and sends its troops. Accession of Jammu and Kashmir was then officially announced. No. 12 Sqn was to initiate the remarkable feat of air-lifting the first Sikhs from Palam onto the rough and dusty Srinagar airstrip without planning or reconnaissance as the initial Indian response to the sizeable insurgent forces that were pouring across the border into Jammu and Kashmir.
1/11/1973Rahul Dravid, cricket batsman, was born in Indore.
9/12/1627Ibrahim Adilshah died.
3/10/1991The Army Dental Corps celebrates its Golden Jubilee and proudly recounts its past glory.
7/19/1925Dinesh Singh, freedom fighter and politician, was born at Kalakankar (U.P).
7/26/1927Gulabrai Sipahahimalani Ramchand, cricketer (valuable all-rounder in 33 Tests for India), was born in Karachi.
6/30/1981President's rule imposed in Assam.
8/1/1992S. Rajgopal was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 31-07-1993.
7/12/1909Vimal Rai, film producer and director, was born.
2/4/1944Japanese attack Indian Seventh Army at Burma