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Historical Event on 7/31/1964
Air Marshal Aspy Merwan Engineer DFC retired from the Air Officer Commanding, India Command.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/12/1955 | The President promulgated an ordinance providing the usage of Hindi with English for official purposes of Indian Union. B.G. Kher Commission (under article 344(I) of the Constitution) constituted. Hindi Teaching Scheme was introduced under Ministry of Home Affairs. |
| 1/25/1950 | The post of the Governor General of India was abolished. |
| 4/13/1993 | Lalitadevi Shastri passed away. |
| 6/3/1995 | President's rule in J&K extended for another 6 months. |
| 3/18/1938 | Shashi Kapoor, famous film producer, director, actor and dramatist, was born in Calcutta. He has made sucessful films like Junoon, Kaliyug, Heat and Dust, etc. |
| 10/6/1893 | Meghnad N. Saha, astrophysicist, was born. In 1920, he developed the 'Thermal Ionization Equation', which has remained fundamental in all works on stellar atmospheres. This equation has been widely applied to the interpretation of stellar spectra, which are characteristic of the chemical composition of the light source. |
| 12/11/1999 | Dr. M. L. Madhu, poet and translator, wins the Pushkin Gold Medal award. |
| 8/15/1942 | Mahadev Haribhai Desai, an activist and Mahatma Gandhi's personal secretary, died of heart failure at Aga Khan's Palace. |
| 2/5/1991 | The last of 1.2 lakh Indians in Kuwait manage to return to India. |
| 3/30/1992 | Satyajit Ray received the honorary Oscar award.. |
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