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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
12/22/1871Lord Edward Allanbaro, governor general of India (1842-1844), died.
7/31/1948State Transport Corporation was established in Calcutta.
9/15/1861Dr. Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya, famous architect, engineer and a diplomat, also a Bharat Ratna awardee, was born at Chickballapur in Mysore (Karnataka) in a poor Brahmin family.
5/25/1993Kazakhstan offers Baikonur facilities to India.
5/14/1956Govt announces that decimal coinage will be introduced in India from April 1, 1957.
1/7/1928Vijay Tendulkar, famous playwright and novelist, was born.
12/29/1975D.K. Barooah elected Congress President.
7/1/1999The Rashtriya Janata Party (RJP) of Shankersinh Waghela merges with Congress(I).
2/28/1968International City Auroville inaugurated the Aurobindo Ashram in Pondechery.
2/19/1996Biennial elections to fill 39 Rajya Sabha seats in nine states.