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Historical Event on 4/1/1954
Air Marshal Subroto Mukerjee became the first Indian to become the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 08/Nov/1960.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/4/1898 | Hiralal Sen and his brother Motilal Sen purchased a Bioscope Cinematographic Machine from London. The first show of imported films was arranged by them at Classic Theatre on April 4, after which they formed 'The Royal Bioscope Co.,' controlled by H. L. Sen & Bros., 85/2, Maszid Badi Street, Calcutta. The Bioscope Company started touring the provinces of Bengal, Orissa and Bihar. |
| 12/5/1951 | Abanindranath Tagore, a great Modern Indian Painter, passed away. |
| 10/6/1974 | Vengalil Krishnan Krishna Menon, great freedom fighter, barrister, leader, politician, nationalist and member of the Lok Sabha, passed away. He resigned as the defence minister soon after the Chinese aggression. |
| 3/21/1993 | The 68 km Mangalore-Udupi stretch of the west coast Konkan rail line opened by the PM. |
| 9/22/1988 | PM announces Government's decision to drop Defamation Bill. |
| 11/1/1999 | Soli Sorbajee is re-appointed the Attorney General. |
| 7/19/1969 | Indian Government nationalised 14 major commercial banks of India by Presidental ordinance. |
| 1/1/1880 | Money order system was introduced. |
| 10/14/1956 | Dr. Bhimrao Ramji, Ambedkar and about two lakh scheduled caste men and women embraced Buddhism in Nagpur. |
| 2/24/1995 | Rishang Keishing (Cong-I) sworn in as the 15th CM of Manipur. |
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