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Historical Event on 8/1/1988

Air Chief Marshal Surinder Kumar Mehra PVSM, AVSM, VM, ADC., became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 31/July/1991.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/26/1841Bombay Gazette begins publishing on silk.
4/15/1962S. S. Khera was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 18-11-1964.
1/17/1913Yadvendra Singh, HH LtG. Maharaja of Patial, cricketer (scored 24 & 60 in only Test India vs England), was born in Patiala, Punjab.
9/22/1999Former Test all-rounder Chandu Borde was re-appointed chairman of National Selection Committee on Day two of the BCCI AGM in Jaipur.
7/25/1955Indian Government declared in Lok Sabha that Portuguese's were asked to close their offices in New Delhi.
2/25/1909Gandhiji arrested at Volksrust; sentenced to 3 months.
1/11/1990R. Shekhar became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 14/12/90).
4/20/1997Sheri Bamboat and Hamshad Bamboat win National sea-bird sailing title.
2/13/1997Deve Gowda, PM, dedicates the Rs. 3200-crore 480 MW Uri hydel project in north Kashmir to the nation.
7/8/1914Jyoti Basu, former Chief Minister of West Bengal, was born.