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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
10/23/1997Chief Ministers of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka set deadline upto 31st October for sandalwood smuggler Veerappan to surrender.
12/10/1979Mother Teresa wins Nobel Peace prize.
6/1/1993Burkino Faso President Blaise Campaore visits India.
6/15/1659Aurangzeb was declared as the Emperor of India at Red Fort Delhi.
10/30/2000The 160-page CBI's report on cricket match-fixing names Azharuddin, Ajay Jadeja, Ajay Sharma, Manoj Prabhakar and former physiotherapist Dr. Ali Irani for their deep-rooted nexus with betting syndicates. It virtually gives a clean chit to Kapil Dev.
8/2/1987Geet Sethi retains the World Amateur Billiards title.
3/17/1999GM Dibyendu Barua and IWM S. Vijayalakshmi (both India) won the men's and women's titles respectively in the Asian Zonal chess championship in Mumbai.
10/1/1909Gandhiji wrote to Tolstoy regarding Passive Resistance movement.
4/27/1919Ustad Allarakha Khan, great Tabla player, was born.
11/3/1998The first geo-scientific data centre of the country is inaugurated at the Geological Survey of India.