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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
6/4/1993L K Advani unanimously elected President of BJP.
11/27/2000Supreme Court grants bail to four AIADMK men accused in the 2nd February Dharmapuri bus burning incident.
7/31/1997V. Thangapandian (64), Tamil Nadu Commercial Taxes Minister, died at Rajapalayam in Virudhunagar district.
5/2/1996Controversial godman Chandraswami arrested and sent to high security Tihar jail on a day's judicial custody by a Delhi court for allegedly cheating NRI businessman Lakhubhai Pathak of $1 lakh in 1983.
12/10/1993The residence of Mahatma Phule was declared a national monument.
10/24/1990BJP-sponsored 'Bharat Bandh' in protest against L. K. Advani's arrest evokeed mixed response.
7/9/1969India accepted 'Royal Bengal Tiger' as its National Animal, as recommended by the Indian Wild life Board. This Tiger is also known as the majestic tiger - panthere tigris (Linnaeus).
4/14/1948Law about Atomic Energy implemented in India.
3/1/1997India under-19 team wins third `Test', claims three-test series 2-0 win in Matara.
11/8/1988Salman Rushdie's 'The Satanic Verses' awarded 1988 Whitbread Prize.