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Historical Event on 1/31/1976

Air Chief Marshal Om Prakash Mehra, PVSM, retired as the Air Officer Commanding, India Command.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/30/1981C. R. Krishnaswamy Rao was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 08-02-1985.
5/11/1999Supreme Court confirms the death sentence on four of the 26 accused in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, reduces to life imprisonment the sentence on three others and acquits the remaining 19.
6/2/1993Kurla-Kochi Express rams into goods train near Jolarpet in which 22 were killed and 100 injured.
5/6/1680Chatrapati Rajaram Maharaj was crowned.
1/19/1919Omprakash Mehra, former Indian Air Chief Marshal and former Governor of Maharashtra, was born.
8/20/1917Declaration of historic 'Mongegue'.
5/27/1996A. B. Vajpayee, PM, seeks vote of confidence in his 12-day old govt.
12/20/1850Atma Dev, social reformer and religious leader, was born.
1/28/1998All 26 accused, who stood trial in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, were sentenced to death. A designated Judge of the TADA court in Chennai found them guilty.
9/15/1860M. Visveswarayya, maker of modern Karnataka, was born. He was a notable engineer too.