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Historical Event on 9/1/1978

Air Chief Marshal Idris Hasan Latif, PVSM, became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 31/Aug/1981.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/6/1948Security Council takes up India's complaint charging Pakistan with aggression in Kashmir.
9/13/1984Swami Brahmanand died. He established Brahmanand Inter College (1938), Brahmanand Sanskrit Mahavidyalaya (1943) and Brahmanand Mahavidyalaya (1960). He joined the freedom movement and participated in Salt Satyagraha, Non Cooperation Movement and Quit India Movement.
8/10/1927Manali Kallat Vainu Bappu, first Indian astronomer, litterateur and Urdu poet, was born at Madras.
12/11/1963Kewalam Madhav Panikkar, veteran politician and famous historian, passed away.
2/25/1993113 MPs arrested and Murali Manohar Joshi injured in police action.
5/19/1980T. N. Raina, former General of India, passed away.
1/9/1946Nanalal Dalpatram Kavi, famous Hindi poet, Gujarati litterateur, writer, headmaster and innovator of duel meaning phrases, passed away.
7/19/1998The INSAT-2C satellite suffers ``disorientation'' - loss of earth lock - briefly.
3/18/1896Pandit Kunjilal Dubey, freedom fighter, educationalist and politician, was born at Amgaon, District Narsinghpur.
7/12/1932The 16,000-foot Shyok ice dam in the Himalayas bursts flooding the Indus Valley at Kashmir.