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Historical Event on 1/16/1973

Om Prakash Mehra, Air Chief Marshal PVSM, became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 31/01/1976.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/19/1976Indira Gandhi proposes a resumption of ties with Pakistan in New Delhi.
5/13/1994Renowned environmentalist Maurice F. Strong chosen for the Jawaharlal Nehru International Understanding award for 1992.
7/1/1938Hariprasad Chaursia, famous flute player, was born.
10/31/1966Mihir Sen swam Panama Canal in 34 hours 15 minutes.
7/7/1937Jagdish Prasad Goenka, great industrialist, was born in Calcutta.
5/23/1914The British India Steamship Co. and the Peninsular and Oriental Steamship Co. announced their amalgamation at London.
11/28/1962K. C. Dey, well-known famous blind singer of Bengal, died.
12/8/1922Hari Prasad Sharma, cricket Test umpire for 3 tests from 1974-77, was born at Delhi.
4/24/1996BSE index reaches 3869.87, a new 18-month high.
2/24/1995Rishang Keishing (Cong-I) sworn in as the 15th CM of Manipur.