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Historical Event on 8/1/1993

Air Chief Marshal Swaroop Krishna Kaul PVSM, MVC, ADC., became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 31/Dec/1995.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/1/1960National Aeronautical Research Laboratory moves to Bangalore with offices at Palace Road and Jayamahal Road. It soon becomes National Aeronautical Laboratory. Dr Nilakantan invites Dr D M Rao to lead the 4 ft tunnel project.
8/8/1923Floods on the Ganges and Jumna rivers cause loss of life in Benares, India.
12/23/1983Micheal Chopra, Soccer(Football) player, was born in Newcastle, England.
12/19/1961Goa was liberated after Portuguese surrendered to the Indian troops.
2/22/1977Emergency and 'MISSA' laws were cancelled.
10/21/1959Chinese and Indian troops clash on Ladakh border.
1/19/1697Maharana Pratap, the founder of Mewad and eminent personality, passed away.
1/23/1978The motto ""Shastra se Shakti"" (Strength though arms) in Hindi written in Devengiri script was approved by the President of India as the motto of the Army Ordnance Corps.The original corps motto of the Ordnance corps was ""Usa Tela Tananti"" found in the arms of the board of Ordnance. This was translated to mean ""To the thunder his arms"". The corps song titled ""Ayudh Corps Mahan"" was introduced for the first time in 4th re-union of the Army Ordnance Corps. The song is to be played or sung ""within unit lines only"", during purely Regimental functions.
10/31/1999Shankar Dayal Sharma, former President, is conferred with the Indira Gandhi Award.
10/1/1998Anxiety in stock market after UTI's US-64 scheme is reported to have paid dividend, eating out of its capital.