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Historical Event on 12/31/1998
Air Chief Marshal Anil Yashwant Tipnis, PVSM, AVSM, VM, ADC., became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He is the 18th Air Chief Marshal.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/27/1958 | Mihir Sen becomes the first Indian to cross the English Channel from Dover to Calais. |
| 10/3/1957 | Republican Party of India established. |
| 11/1/1948 | An Indian brigade group supported by the 7th Cavalry (Stuart tanks) broke through the Great Himalayan Range at Zojila to drive out the invaders from Ladakh district. At approximately 3,500 metres, this was the highest point in the history of warfare that tanks had operated. |
| 2/28/1835 | Medical College was started in Calcutta and it was officially opened on Feb 20. |
| 12/27/1976 | Yashpal, modern hindi litterateur, passed away. |
| 2/2/1970 | Bertrand Rusell, great philosopher, mathematician, author and chairmain of the Indian League, died at Merioneth, North Wales at the age of 98. |
| 4/1/1969 | India's first Atomic Energy Reactor started at Tarapore. |
| 9/29/1971 | Cyclone & tidal wave off Bay of Bengal kills as many as 10,000 people. |
| 6/26/1888 | Narayan Shripad Rajhans (Balgandharv), famous singer and actor, was born. |
| 6/20/1916 | Sreemati Nathibai Damodher Thackersey (SNDT) Indian Women' s University, first women's and the fifth Indian University, was established in Pune by D.K. Karve. |
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