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Historical Event on 12/31/1998

Air Chief Marshal Anil Yashwant Tipnis, PVSM, AVSM, VM, ADC., became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He is the 18th Air Chief Marshal.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/31/1998Shrichakradhar Swami, founder of 'Mahanubhav Panth', passed away.
4/3/1950Jayprakash Shankarrao Mundada, cabinet Minister of BJP-Shiv Sena alliance, was born.
10/15/1866Vasudevacharya Kerur, famous Kannad novelist, playwright and journalist, was born.
5/2/1930Riots break out in Amritsar.
1/23/1961Supreme Court rules cities & states have right to censor films.
1/6/1989Lord Sudhindra Prasanna Sinha died.
1/19/1995Goa Cong (I) government led by Pratap Singh Rane gets absolute majority when 4-members of MGP merged with Congress.
9/4/1997Dharmavir Bharti, great journalist and editor of Dharamyug, died at 6 am.
3/16/1901Pralhad Balacharya Gajendragadkar, Chief Justice of Supreme Court of India, was born.
2/16/1896Suryakant Tripathi 'Nirala', great Hindi poet, litterateur, writer, social worker and editor, was born.