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Historical Event on 12/1/1960

Air Marshal Aspy Merwan Engineer DFC became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 31/07/1964.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/18/1985Assam Assembly dissolved (18).
8/15/1982Doordarshan's national programme and the first nationwide colour transmission started by Delhi Doordarshan.
9/6/1903Russia increases import duties on Indian and Ceylon tea in retaliation for British import policies in Moscow.
12/6/1892Rukmini Lakshmipathi, great social reformer and leader, was born at Madurai.
11/28/1993JRD Tata, 89, passed away in Geneva.
7/1/1961Kalpana Chawla, the first Indian women astronaut (STS 87), was born in Karnal.
3/10/1995Ashok Padbidri, famous journalist and editor, died.
10/4/1974India in apartheid protest refuses to play South Africa in Davis Cup finals.
5/29/1957Satish Kumar Sareen graduated from the first batch of the JSW and went onto the AFFC for flying training.
11/25/1999Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam is appointed Principal Scientific Advisor to the Government of India.