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Historical Event on 12/31/1995

Air Chief Marshal Satish Kumar Sareen PVSM, AVSM, VM, ADC., became the Air Officer Commanding, Indian Air Force. He was in this office till 31/Dec/1998.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/25/1930Mehdi Baqer, great educationist, was born at Faizabad in UP.
9/5/1904Bhalchandra Pandharinath Bahirat, editor and expert of Saint literature, was born.
12/12/1964Maithili Sharan Gupta, famous Indian poet, Hindi litterateur, writer, social worker, patriot and Padma Bhushan awardee, died.
5/19/1904Jamshedji Nasarvanji Tata, famous industrialist and father of modern technology, passed away at Nauheim, Hesse-Nassau, France. He commenced cotton mills in Bombay and Nagpur and founded the Tata Iron and Steel Company, which is one of the largest integrated steel mills in the world.
2/12/1922Mahatma Gandhi announce the withdrawal of non-cooperation movement.
7/2/1970Pandit Kunjilal Dubey, freedom fighter, educationalist and politician, passed away.
12/9/1997Dr. K. Shivarama Karanth (95), doyen of Kannada literature and Jnanpith Award winner, died in Manipal.
8/30/1773Narayan Rao Peshwa was murdered by his uncle Raghunath Rao, also called Raghoba, who then proclaimed himself the Peshwa.
4/3/1932Boycott of British goods was so widespread that 70\% of cotton products were now thought to have come from Japan.
1/30/1993Congress (I) MLA in Andhra Pradesh P. Balaraju and eight officials kidnapped by the outlawed People's War Group in Visakhapatnam district.