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Historical Event on 12/31/1998
Air Chief Marshal Anil Yashwant Tipnis, PVSM, AVSM, VM, ADC., became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He is the 18th Air Chief Marshal.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/17/1893 | Lokmanya Tilak was arrested for 18 months. |
| 5/23/1895 | Shivprasad Sitar-E-Hind passed away. |
| 8/19/1947 | Vinayak Damodar Karnataki (Master Vinayak), famous Marathi actor, director and producer, died. |
| 10/21/1959 | Chinese and Indian troops clash on Ladakh border. |
| 8/20/1909 | Urmila Devi Shastri, freedom fighter, was born at Srinagar. |
| 9/17/1899 | First British troops leave Bombay for South Africa. |
| 10/11/1876 | Saint Gadgebaba, Bengali story writer and novelist, was born. |
| 6/3/1844 | Balkrishna Bhatt, essay writer, critic and journalist in Hindi, was born. |
| 3/24/1974 | Lokprabha weekly started its publication. |
| 10/17/1906 | Swami Ramtirtha, great social reformer and poet, died at the age of 33. |
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