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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
8/30/1773Narayan Rao Peshwa was murdered by his uncle Raghunath Rao, also called Raghoba, who then proclaimed himself the Peshwa.
8/20/1885First meeting of the Indian National Congress held.
5/7/1990Government of India bans strikes in any service in any oil field or refinery under the Essential Services Maintenance Act.
5/27/1964Gulzarilal Nanda was entrusted the responsibility as Acting Prime Minster of India. He held this office till June 9, 1964. He is till date the only Acting Prime Minster of India.
9/18/1803Puri was captured by Britishers from the Marathas without any struggle.
4/2/1942Congress rejected the proposal of Sir Stepherd Crips.
11/17/1915Vishnu Gopal Pingle was hanged for revolting against the Indian Army in Talegaon prison of Pune.
2/18/1911Captain Vasudev Belwalkar, who had also written the novels on history and war, was born.
1/9/1998Three RJD ministers in the Gujral Cabinet - Mr. Raghuvansh Prasad Singh, Capt. Jai Narayan Nishad and Mrs. Kanti Singh - resign.
5/17/1980V. S. Kumar Anandan sets record of balancing on one foot for continuous 33 hrs.