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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.
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| 2/18/1911 | Under the auspices of the British Army, French pilot Henry Pequet makes the first official airmail flight from Allahabad to Naini Junction. |
| 10/27/1987 | Vijay Merchant, cricketer (Test average 47.72, 1st-class avg 71), died. |
| 8/13/2000 | The Government announces the opening up of the national long distance communication segment with no restriction on the number of players. |
| 11/28/1890 | Mahatma Jyotirao Govindrao Phule died. He led a selfless life devoted to the upliftment of the lower classes of the Hindu society. He also started school for girls and for downtroddens and untouchables. He was assissted in education field by his wide Savitri Bai. |
| 2/3/1997 | Major fire reduces Calcutta Book Fair to ashes. |
| 10/20/1997 | Veerappan, the forest brigand, releases the six hostages after 12 days. |
| 6/11/2000 | 27 army personnel die after the bus carrying them plunges into a gorge at a spot 80 km from Jammu. |
| 9/3/1905 | Kamlapati Tripathi, leader of Indian National Congess, was born. |
| 7/26/1923 | Mukeshchandra Mathur, famous playback singer, was born. |
| 5/2/1968 | Lok Sabha passed the Public Providend Fund Act. |
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