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Historical Event on 1/16/1973
Om Prakash Mehra, Air Chief Marshal PVSM, became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 31/01/1976.
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| 11/7/2000 | Indrajit Bhalotia wins the Wills Southern Open golf tournament. |
| 4/8/1857 | Mangal Pandey, the first revolutionary of Indian mutiny and freedom fighter, was hanged till death at Barrackpore. He struck the first bullet during the time of mutiny against the British Empire. |
| 4/3/1988 | Rajiv Gandhi seals the border between Punjab and Pakistan. |
| 9/12/1961 | Nalin Vilochan Sharma, great Hindi critic, died. |
| 6/23/1953 | Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee, great social reformer, politician, national leader and founder of JanSangh Party, died at Srinagar while in detention. |
| 7/2/1926 | Ram Sewak Yadav, social reformer, politician and leader, was born in Tala Village, Uttar Pradesh. |
| 1/24/1857 | Calcutta University established. |
| 11/24/1963 | Marotrao Kannamwar, former Chief Minister of Maharashtra, passed away. |
| 2/11/1913 | Surendranath Dwivedi, educationist, politician and writer, was born in Khandasahi (Orissa). |
| 11/5/1956 | Nehru breaks silence condemning Soviets for repression in Hungary. |
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