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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
4/26/1841Bombay Gazette begins publishing on silk.
4/26/1841Akbar attacked on Malwa at Sarangpur and defeated Bajbahadar.
2/23/19905-member Ministry headed by R. K. Ranbir Singh in Manipur elected.
8/23/1995First ever cellular phone service begins in Calcutta.
7/31/1991Air Chief Marshal Nirmal Chandra Suri PVSM, AVSM, VM, ADC. became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 31/July/1993.
5/12/1930R. H. Tahiliyani, former Navy Chief of India Admiral, was born.
11/5/1994Russi Modi appointed Chairman of Air India and Indian Airlines.
10/28/1929Narotam Puna, cricketer (Bombay NZ off-spinner v England 1966), was born.
7/25/1995India reaps a record harvest of food grain of 189.77 million tonnes ('94, 95).
3/28/1914Komagata Maru sailed from Hong Kong to Vancouver with 351 Sikhs and 21 Punjabi Muslim youths under the captaincy of Sardar Gurjeet Singh as a part of 'Ghadar' Movement.