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Historical Event on 1/15/1949

General K. N. Kariappa became the first Indian Commander-in-Chief. He was the first Indian to reach to this post in Indian Army. In 1956, he was designated as Chief of the Army Staff - General, later Field Marshal. This event is commemoratively observed as Army Day.

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6/23/1987D. Chakraborty was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 02-07-1991.
9/24/1629Jacques Specx appointed Governor General of Dutch-Indies.
2/2/1921Mukundrao Kirloskar was born.
2/2/1921Allauddin Masood Shah, Sultan of Dehli, was thrown off the throne.
11/16/1986Second SAARC summit held at Bangalore.
1/19/1963Kuladhor Chaliha, one of the pioneer Congress leaders of Assam, passed away.
12/20/1990Supreme Court stays Delhi High Court judge Justice Chawla's orders on the Bofors issue.
9/10/1999Top seeds Bhupathi and Paes finished runners-up in the US Open doubles, losing to Sebastien Lareau and Alex O'Brien in the final.
6/26/1954Nehru, Chou En-lai pledge good-neighbor policy at New Delhi.
4/12/1873Kumaran Asan, famous Malyalam poet and social reformer, was born at Kayikkara, Kerala.