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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.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/24/1899 | Maheshchandra Burjorjee Bilimoria, film distributor, was born. |
| 9/14/1971 | Tarashankar Bandopadhyay, famous Bengali litterateur, died. |
| 3/3/1919 | Hari Narayan Apte, famous Marathi novelist, passed away. |
| 12/14/1910 | Upendranath Ashok, noted writer, was born. |
| 12/5/1951 | Abanindranath Tagore, a great Modern Indian Painter, passed away. |
| 6/12/1996 | India's new prime minister H. D. Deve Gowda wins vote of confidence in the Lok Sabha and will rule as head of the United Front Coalition. |
| 9/13/1893 | Mama Parmanand, one of the founders of 'Prarthana Samaj', passed away. |
| 11/15/2000 | India cancels cricket series with Pakistan in January next on account of Islamabad's ''hostile propaganda''. |
| 3/1/1901 | Vaidya Jogeshchandra Banerjee was born. |
| 3/5/1993 | The government de-reserves the mining industry throwing it open to private sector as well as to foreign investment. |
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