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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
9/22/1996Passport seekers are given an option of 10 years (Rs. 300) or 20 years (Rs. 600) period.
8/15/1872Sri Aurobindo Man Mohan Ghosh born in Calcutta. He was a renaissance yoga philosopher, freedom fighter and teacher. His 30-volume work discusses the 'superman', a metaphor for the divinely transformed individual soul. He withdrew from the world in 1910 and founded International Ashram in Pondicherry.
6/13/1991Shiv Sharma, Doordarshan Director General, was shot at in Delhi by suspected Punjab terrorists.
2/17/1698Aurangzeb fell to Jinjee fort, seat of Maratha power, after eight-year siege.
8/5/1909Dwijhans Kalika Prasad Dixit, great poet and educationist, was born at Gram Dedani in Uttar Pradesh.
6/2/1992The government accepts all the 15 recommendations of the Janakiraman Committee which unearthed massive collusion of banks in the security scam.
2/12/1922Mahatma Gandhi announce the withdrawal of non-cooperation movement.
10/12/1993RBI liberalises credit and monetary policy.
6/23/1930The Simon Commission recommends a federal India and the separation of Burma at London.
3/6/1947Churchill opposes troop withdrawal from India at London.