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Historical Event on 8/1/1993
Dr. K. N. Raju, a Nilakantan protegee, assumes office as NAL's fourth Director.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/18/2000 | Supreme Court gives the nod for construction of the Sardar Sarovar Dam on the Narmada river. |
| 9/10/1977 | The Planning Commission decides to introduce the Rolling Plan concept. |
| 3/9/1961 | Kotamaraju Rama Rao, famous journalist, passed away. |
| 7/31/1991 | Air Chief Marshal Nirmal Chandra Suri PVSM, AVSM, VM, ADC. became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 31/July/1993. |
| 9/16/1955 | Leopold C. M. S. Amery, British minister of Colonies (India), died at the age of 81. |
| 8/27/1918 | Nemichandra Jain, stage critic, was born. |
| 2/1/1942 | No. 4 Squadron of the IAF was born in the war at Peshawar. The Squadron was first equipped with Lysander aircraft. The Second World War was in its third year and Japanese forces were advancing towards India's eastern frontiers. |
| 5/10/1909 | Bellari Shammanna Keshvan, internationally famous librarian, was born. |
| 1/25/2000 | The Government awards Padma Vibhushan to R.K. Narayan, Dr.M.S. Gill; Padma Bhushan for Rajnikant and Padmashri for A.R. Rehman. |
| 5/29/1977 | Dr. Suniti Kumar Chatterji, president of Sahitya Academy, National Professor and eminent linguist, passed away. |
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