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Historical Event on 12/1/1960

Air Marshal Aspy Merwan Engineer DFC became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 31/07/1964.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/9/1923Satyendranath Tagore, Bengali litterateur, passed away.
8/18/1997Shanvac-B, India's first genetically engineered vaccine for Hepatitis B was launched.
7/5/1992Centre scraps octroi in Union Territories.
7/19/1998The INSAT-2C satellite suffers ``disorientation'' - loss of earth lock - briefly.
7/6/1944Mahatama Gandhi was for the first time addressed as 'Father of Nation'.
11/2/1992Nine Maharashtra ministers resign.
2/20/1987Lok Dal splits over leadership issue.
10/31/1999Shankar Dayal Sharma, former President, is conferred with the Indira Gandhi Award.
9/1/1998Leaded petrol is banned in Delhi.
4/29/1998The Reserve Bank reduces the bank rate by one point from 10 per cent in its monetary and credit policy for the first half of 1998- 99.