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Historical Event on 7/16/1969
Air Chief Marshal Pratap Chandra Lal, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan, DFC. became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 15/01/1973.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/26/1992 | Accord with Bangladesh on Tin Bigha. |
| 4/12/1978 | After several state victories, Congress party-I (for Indira) is recognized as official opposition. |
| 4/12/1993 | Indian ship MV Vishva-Mohini sinks off Spain, 33 killed. |
| 9/18/1992 | M. Hidayatullah, former Vice President and Chief Justice, died. He was 87. |
| 5/17/1996 | Rusi Modi, cricketer (736 runs 10 post-war Tests for India), passed away. |
| 8/10/1994 | President's rule in J&K extended for another 6 months beginning 3rd Sept. |
| 4/6/1942 | During the second world war, for the first time Japanese air-bombers attacked India, and the mainland took place at Visakhapatnam. |
| 2/24/1988 | Prithvi, India's first Indigenously designed surface-to-surface tactical missile of 250km, was successfully test fired from Sriharikota. India becomes the fifth country to develop such a missile. |
| 10/4/1999 | Kerala High Court orders Election Commission to booth-wise counting. The EC is likely to move the Supreme Court against this order. |
| 1/9/1841 | John Gil Christ, founder of Fort William College Calcutta, passed away at Paris. |
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