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Historical Event on 9/1/1978

Air Chief Marshal Idris Hasan Latif, PVSM, became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 31/Aug/1981.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/17/1953Sadanand Swaminathan, famous journalist, passed away.
7/24/1932Ramkrishna Mission Seva Pratisthan was established for the service of the sick and humanitarian activities.
1/18/1938The last batch of the political prisioners sailed back to the mainland from the Cellular Jail.
2/14/1925Mohan Dhariya, politician and nature lover, was born.
7/7/1937Jagdish Prasad Goenka, great industrialist, was born in Calcutta.
9/18/1995Kaka Hathrasi, famous comedy poet, died.
12/4/1973Mohan Rakesh, famous modern Hindi dramatist, novelist and story writer, passed away.
4/7/1818British Government imposed 'State Prisoners Regulation III -1818' for detention and deportion of political prisoners and revolutionaries without any trial. This black act was in force till 1947 when India got independence.
1/28/1877Pulin Bihari Das, revolutionary journalist, passed away.
8/15/1979Tukoji Holkar, a leader of Peshwa kingdom, dies.