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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 |
| 8/29/1880 | Madhav Shrihari Ane, greatest Freedom fighter, was born. |
| 10/18/1983 | Vijay Manjrekar, cricketer 55 Tests for India, 3208 runs @ 39.12, died. |
| 7/17/1903 | Joseph, versatile author in Malyalam language and critic Butshshor, was born. |
| 2/10/1910 | Smt. Durga Bhagwat, veteran Marathi writer, was born. |
| 9/30/1997 | Gen. V. P. Malik takes over from Gen. Shankar Roychowdhury as Chief of Army Staff. |
| 10/9/1994 | Kamal Bose, great photographer, died. |
| 10/19/1689 | Sambhaji's queen Yesubai and her child surrendered the Raigarh Fort to the Mughals. |
| 9/29/2000 | Nayudu award goes to former India cricket captain Lt. Col. Hemu Adhikari. |
| 4/14/1990 | Veena Vidwan S. Balachander passed away. |
| 1/29/1998 | Suicide by more than 50 farmers reported in the Telangana region in the past few days. |
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