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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
4/25/2000West Bengal police nab Belal alias Lalu Mian, the suspected mastermind behind the hijacking of IC-814 IA flight to Kandahar last December, from a hideout in North 24 Parganas district.
4/19/1950Shyama Prasad Mukherji resigned. He was the first Minister of Central Cabinet.
2/20/1997RBI relaxes capital adequacy norms for commercial banks.
11/13/1935Chandra Prakash Gupta, great educationist, was born at Gaini in UP.
4/15/1890Gaganvihari Lalubhai Mehta, famous Indian economist, politician and journalist, was born.
8/5/1999The Global Peace March demands demilitarisation of the entire planet.
9/9/1920Anglo Oriental College of Aligargh became Aligarh Muslim University. It was the first university to use the regional language.
10/2/1999Home Minister L. K. Advani said that the BJP was ready to provide letters of support.
1/11/1996Canadian PM Jean Chretien visits New Delhi.
6/7/1996Sq. Ldr. Sanjay Thapar of IAF becomes the first Indian to jump from a parachute and hoist the national flag at the North Pole.