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Historical Event on 2/1/1976
Air Marshal Hrushikesh Moolgavkar PVSM, MVC, became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 31/Aug/1978.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/1/1976 | Pieter de Carpentier, flemish Governor General of Dutch East-Indies, was born. |
| 7/9/2000 | India clinches the inaugural Asian Cricket Council under-15 championship in Kuala Lumpur. |
| 4/5/1984 | Rakesh Sharma,Squadron leader, becomes India's first spaceman when he is launched aboard Soyuz T-11 of Soviet Union. |
| 3/12/1913 | Yashvantrao Balvantrao Chavan, first Chief Minister of Maharashtra, was born. |
| 10/11/1927 | Sarojini Regani, great journalist, was born at Secunderabad. |
| 7/1/1968 | Asia's biggest nuclear research lab started in New Delhi. |
| 8/6/1951 | Rukmini Lakshmipathi, great social reformer and leader, died. |
| 11/18/1898 | Prabodhchandra Bagchi, researcher of ""Ancient History of India"", was born. |
| 10/6/1983 | Punjab Government was dismissed to halt religious and political violence by Indira Gandhi, who imposed President's rule in the state. |
| 1/18/1938 | The last batch of the political prisioners sailed back to the mainland from the Cellular Jail. |
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