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Historical Event on 8/1/1993
Air Chief Marshal Swaroop Krishna Kaul PVSM, MVC, ADC., became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 31/Dec/1995.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/23/1942 | Japanese forces occupy Rangoon, Andaman Islands in Indian Ocean. |
| 4/1/1957 | Postage stamps and sale of postal stationary was introduced as per decimal coinage system and Rupee was established to Hundred Naya Paisa. |
| 7/22/1991 | Pandit Basavraj Rajguru, great singer, passed away. |
| 10/6/1999 | Sonia Gandhi, Congress(I) president, won the Bellary Lok Sabha seat defeating her BJP rival Sushma Swaraj by a margin of 56,100 votes. |
| 2/8/1943 | Subhashchandra Bose started his journey to Japan from Kiel along with his secretary Major Abid Hassan in a submarine. |
| 6/4/1992 | Stock broker Harshad Mehta and his associates arrested. |
| 5/31/1973 | Mohan Kumaramangalam, Central Minister, died in an air crash near Delhi. |
| 2/2/1977 | Jagjivan Ram, Cabinet member of 30 years, resigns to protest emergency rule causing minor split in Congress party. |
| 11/7/1995 | G-15 summit concludes calling for South-South cooperation and reduction of trade barriers, tariffs among the member countries, stability of interest and exchange rates. |
| 8/15/1949 | Chandernagore joins the Indian Union. Panchayati Raj inaugurated in 114,000 villages. |
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