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Historical Event on 12/1/1960
Air Marshal Aspy Merwan Engineer DFC became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 31/07/1964.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/9/1994 | Indian diplomats and staff members evacuated from war-ravaged Kabul. |
| 3/3/1700 | Chhatrapati Rajaram Maharaj died of lung infection due to smallpox at Sinhagad fort. |
| 6/19/1947 | Salman Rushdie, English writer, was born in Bombay. |
| 3/12/1997 | aspal Rana equals world mark in standard pistol 25m (ISU) event in South Asian shooting in Delhi. |
| 10/28/1997 | Cabinet permits RBI to issue rupee notes of 1000 denomination. |
| 1/4/1889 | Judge M. Patanjali Sastri, Chief Justice of India, was born. |
| 4/14/1962 | Sir Mokshagundam Vivesvaraya, father of modern engineering, passed away at the age of 102. He was receipent of ""Bharat Ratna"" Award. |
| 5/11/1998 | Three momentous events took place on the day that did the nation proud. Firstly, three underground nuclear tests at Pokhran Range in Rajasthan, which included a hydrogen bomb, were tested; secondly, the successful test firing of the 'Trishul Missile' and thirdly, the maiden Certification test flight of 'Hansa-3', the first-all Composite indigenous two seater aircraft. |
| 9/7/1965 | U.S. suspends military aid to India and Pakistan. |
| 10/2/1999 | Home Minister L. K. Advani said that the BJP was ready to provide letters of support. |
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