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Historical Event on 8/1/1964
Air Chief Marshal Arjan Singh, Padma Vibhushan, DFC. became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 15/07/1969.
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| 8/16/1901 | Shripad Ramchandra Tikekar, journalist and critic, was born. |
| 3/19/1936 | Satydev Dubey, stage artist, was born. |
| 3/19/1936 | Firuz Shah Tughluq(1351-88), nephew of Muhammad Tughluq, succeded as emperor of Delhi. |
| 5/3/1998 | Kushabhau Thakre takes over as the new BJP President. |
| 11/22/1991 | Supreme Court declares Karnataka's ordinance on Cauvery water dispute as unconstitutional. |
| 2/22/1944 | Kasturba Gandhi passed away in British imprisonment in Aga Khan Palace at Pune. |
| 1/6/1847 | Saint Tyagaraja, great musician, died. |
| 1/19/1997 | Malaysian PM Mahathir Mohamad arrives in India on a 4-day visit. |
| 1/19/1997 | Acharya Surdasji, famous poet in Hindi and great devotee of Lord Krishna, was born. |
| 7/23/1997 | India decides to sign U.N. Convention against torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. |
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