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Historical Event on 9/1/1978

Air Chief Marshal Idris Hasan Latif, PVSM, became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 31/Aug/1981.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/1/1968Asia's biggest nuclear research lab started in New Delhi.
10/20/1774New Regulating Act was introduced which abolished the East India Company Government and a new Government was formed.
8/12/199272 militants surrendered before Punjab CM Beant Singh.
4/13/1947Diplomatic relations between India and Russia established.
11/12/1958Satyajit Ray gets the award for best direction at the San Francisco International Film Festival.
1/11/1966Gulzarilal Nanda was appointed as the acting Prime Minister of India. He held this position till January 24, 1966.
8/11/1997135 persons killed in flash floods in Shimla & Kiannaur districts of Himachal Pradesh.
1/14/1946Two jetties collapse in Ganges; 160 Hindu pilgrims are crushed.
9/28/1827A few mountain battery trains flourished and kept the Indian component alive as part of the Royal artillery. Recently, it has been established that 8 Company Bombay Artillery survived axing and is now 5 (Bombay) Mountain Battery. This day is now celebrated as the Raising Day of the Regiment of Artillery.
8/7/1888Navalram (Navalram Laxmiram Pandya), literature critic and versatile Gujarati author, died.