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Historical Event on 7/16/1969

Air Chief Marshal Pratap Chandra Lal, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan, DFC. became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 15/01/1973.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/14/1920Rushikesh Mulgaonkar, Air Chief Marshal (1976-78), was born.
7/30/1920Rikhye Maj-Gen Indar Jit, Educationist and Former Army Officer, was born at Lahore.
2/13/1991Muslim League leaves the UDF in Kerala.
8/15/1921Amrit Rai, novelist and translater, was born .
8/8/1948Dr. Yellapragada Subbarow, saintly scientist and nobel prize winner, passed away at Pearl River, New York.
10/23/1997Chief Ministers of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka set deadline upto 31st October for sandalwood smuggler Veerappan to surrender.
12/10/1999Pranab Mukherjee and Jaipal Reddy are chosen outstanding parliamentarians for 1997 and 1998 respectively.
9/24/1992Union Labour Minister announces a new export-oriented emigration policy in place of the regulatory one.
4/24/1998India wins the Coca Cola Cup at Sharjah, beating Australia by six wickets in the final.
3/28/2000Delhi police arrest Shoaib Ilyasi, producer of the crime serial ''India's Most Wanted'' for the death of his wife Anju on January 10.