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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
1/17/1601Akbar, after eight month's siege, entered Asirgarh one of the strongest forts in India.
5/28/1970All India Trade Union Congress was divided.
2/9/1985Editor of 'Sakal', a Marathi daily newspaper, passed away.
6/5/1992Hindi weelky of Indian Express Group 'Screen' published.
8/30/1992The first Indian-built ALH (Advanced Light Helicopter) successfully flown in Bangalore.
12/8/2000EC nod for Paswans's party to be known as Lok Janshakti Party.
6/21/1930Five hundred were hurt as police charged Bombay mob.
5/8/1990Paul Mantosh and Joss Fernandes take oath as nominated Anglo-Indian members in Lok Sabha.
4/26/1995Indian Newspaper Society (INS) calls off stir plans following Government conceding a major demand of the newspaper industry by putting newsprint on the Open General Licence (OGL) and abolish the condition requiring newspapers to buy two tonnes of indigenous newsprint in order to import one tonne.
5/13/1998India conducts two more nuclear tests at Pokhran. The US slaps sanctions. The Prime Minister says India will face down sanctions.