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Historical Event on 1/15/1973

Air Chief Marshal Pratap Chandra Lal, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan, DFC. retired as the Air Officer Commanding, India Command.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/1/1998Finance Minister announced the Swadeshi budget.
5/11/1930Ganesh Narayan R, great Industrialist, was born.
6/26/1983Five hundred killed or missing as monsoon floods hit the Indian state of Gujarat.
9/4/1825Dadabhai Naoroji, first Indian in British parliament and merchant, was born at Navsari, Gujarat. He coined the word 'Swaraj'.
8/2/1922Krishnapal Singh, politician and lawyer, was born at Birahuli in Madhya Pradesh.
6/22/198219 persons were killed and 25 injured when an Air India Boeing 707 from Singapore via Madras crashed at Bombay.
9/9/1898Explosive Department of India was established at Nagpur. This is presently under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India.
4/1/1912The imperial capital of India was moved from Calcutta to Old New Delhi and the Province of Delhi was declared by a proclamation.
7/20/1924Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar established Bahishkrit Hitkarni Sabha.
12/20/1876Bankinchrandra Chattopadhyay wrote ""Vande Mataram"".