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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 |
| 11/7/1908 | N. R. Shede (Annasaheb), litterateur and editor, was born. |
| 3/11/1915 | Vijay Samuel Hazare, cricketer (prolific Indian batsman 1946-54), was born in Sangli, Maharashtra. |
| 4/17/1990 | Dinkar Gangadhar Kelkar, famous Director of Raja Kelkar Museum, passed away. |
| 6/16/1990 | Bombay gets 42 cm rainfall, the century's highest. The previous high of 41 cm was recorded on 18, 1986. |
| 1/1/1989 | Dinkar Sakrikar, editor of monthly magzine 'Purva' and socialist, passed away. |
| 7/4/1989 | Union Deputy Ministers were promoted to the rank of Ministers of State. |
| 8/8/1948 | Dr. Yellapragada Subbarow, saintly scientist and nobel prize winner, passed away at Pearl River, New York. |
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| 2/25/1968 | Judge Mohammad Hidayatullah became the Chief Justice of India. He held this office till 16/12/1970. |
| 11/16/1995 | Mass Rapid Transit System (MRTS), India's first elevated suburban railway, becomes operational in Madras. |
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