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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 |
| 2/25/1982 | J. K. Irani, cricket wicketkeeper (2 Tests for India 1947-48), passed away. |
| 6/2/2000 | Justice A. M. Ahmadi, former Chief Justice of India, appointed Chairman of the Advisory Committee of the Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award. |
| 1/31/1969 | Saint Meherbaba passed away. |
| 5/27/1998 | Minoo Masani, 92, co-founder of the Swatantra Party, passed away in Mumbai after a brief illness. |
| 1/15/1988 | Narendra Hirwani makes a world record by capturing 16 West Indies wickets on Test debut at Chidambaram Stadium in Madras. |
| 11/12/1990 | Uttar Pradesh Government raises the reservation for Backward Classes in direct recruitment to State Services from 15 to 27 per cent. |
| 1/15/1888 | Saifuddin Kitchlew, freedom fighter and President of the Punjab, was born at Amritsar. |
| 1/16/1996 | Union Cabinet Minister V.C. Shukla, Balram Jhakar, Madhavrao Scindia, and others including BJP President L.K. Advani, Arjun Singh and Devi Lal chargesheeted in the multi-crore Jain `Hawala' case. CBI seeks sanction to prosecute them. L.K. Advani resigns from Lok Sabha membership. |
| 11/7/1908 | N. R. Shede (Annasaheb), litterateur and editor, was born. |
| 1/18/1998 | India overtake a Pakistan total of 314 to win one-day final in Dhaka. |
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