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Historical Event on 7/31/1991

Air Chief Marshal Surinder Kumar Mehra PVSM, AVSM, VM, ADC., retired as the Air Officer Commanding, India Command.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/19/1796Game protection law restricts encroachment on Indian hunting grounds.
3/18/1944Azad Hind Fauj entered India (Japanese army) from the border of Burma and invaded north eastern India.
6/21/1930Five hundred were hurt as police charged Bombay mob.
7/30/1957Export Risk Insurance Corporation of India was established through which exporting materials were insured.
1/14/1991Chitragupta, famous film music director, passed away.
3/20/1782Colonel James Tod, author and researcher of Rajput history, was born.
1/23/1975Omeo Kumar Das, one of the great patriots of Assam, passed away at the age of 81. He selflessly worked for the tea plantation workers and made efforts to get them better living standards. He translated Gandhiji's autobiography ""My Experiments with Truth"" in Assamese language.
6/2/1756Fort William, the English stronghold in Bengal, was surrendered to Siraj-ud-Daulah.
10/10/1964Olympics opened at Tokyo
4/8/1973India takes control over Sikkim after anti-government riots.