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Historical Event on 12/31/1995

Air Chief Marshal Satish Kumar Sareen PVSM, AVSM, VM, ADC., became the Air Officer Commanding, Indian Air Force. He was in this office till 31/Dec/1998.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/8/1999Dr. Shankar K. Pal of the Indian Statistical Institute selected for the G.D. Birla Award for 1999.
1/8/1993FERA restrictions removed, resident Indians allowed to keep as much as $500.
12/12/1971All the facilities and pocket money provided to the former kings were cancelled by the Indian Parliament.
11/20/1981Bhaskara-II, India's second experimental remote sensing satellite, was launched by Russian launch vehicle Intercosmos. This provided experience in building and operating a remote sensing satellite system on an end-to-end basis.
1/30/1993Congress (I) MLA in Andhra Pradesh P. Balaraju and eight officials kidnapped by the outlawed People's War Group in Visakhapatnam district.
7/9/1992The government agrees to set up a Joint Parliamentary Committee to enquire into the security scam.
9/21/1997I. K. Gujral and Nawaz Sharif discussed in New York the recent flare-up on Line of Control and firing across the border.The two agreed that such sources of tension should not be allowed.
9/3/1994The government decides to disinvest government holding in 21 Public Sector Units including ITI, IOC and ITDC.
6/1/1964Rashid Ghulam Muhammad Patel, cricketer (Indian pace bowler, better known for Lamba incident), was born in Sabarkantha.
12/11/1931Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh ""Osho"", guru of the rich, was born.