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Historical Event on 7/16/1969
Air Chief Marshal Pratap Chandra Lal, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan, DFC. became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 15/01/1973.
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| 1/6/1976 | Baliram Bhagat elected Lok Sabha Speaker. |
| 2/1/1931 | Gandhi chiefs order campaign of civil disobedience to continue. |
| 12/10/1989 | Janardan Swami passed away. |
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| 1/6/1993 | India and Bhutan sign agreement on the giant Sankosh hydro-electric project. |
| 3/21/1997 | Jockey Vasant Shinde retires. |
| 10/18/1927 | Ramesh Vithaldas Divecha, cricketer (11 wickets for India in early 50's), was born in Bombay. |
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