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Historical Event on 1/15/1949

General K. N. Kariappa became the first Indian Commander-in-Chief. He was the first Indian to reach to this post in Indian Army. In 1956, he was designated as Chief of the Army Staff - General, later Field Marshal. This event is commemoratively observed as Army Day.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/30/1909Gandhiji reaches South Africa.
1/3/1997Olympian Jaspal Rana sets new national mark in junior men's sports pistol 25 metres in National Shooting in Asansol.
9/27/2000Venus Williams of USA claims the women's gold in the tennis event in the Sydney Olympics.
3/7/1934Nariman Jamshedji Contractor ""Nari Contractor"", cricketer (Indian batsman & captain) was born in Godhra, Gujarat.
7/19/1969Indian Government nationalised 14 major commercial banks of India by Presidental ordinance.
3/21/1791Tipu Sultan capitulated to Lord Cornwallis.
8/4/1993Swami Chinmayananda, master in study of Bhagwadgita, died at the age of 76 in San Diego.
4/8/1887Ramnarayan Vishwanath Pathak, famous Gujrati litterateur critic, poet and story writer, was born.
8/20/1955Jawaharlal Nehru breaks off relations with the Portuguese after the invasion of Goa by Indian nationalists.
5/2/1908Police in Calcutta discover a cache of explosives for use in alleged anarchist plot.
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