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Historical Event on 12/1/1960

Air Marshal Aspy Merwan Engineer DFC became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 31/07/1964.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/4/1926Dalai Lama introduces a tax on ears for Tibetans to equip the army. Those with only one ear will pay half the tax.
7/21/1999The Janata Dal splits under Deve Gowda and Sharad Yadav. The latter group to support NDA.
2/7/1687Mughal army won the Gowalkonda fort. Kutubshahi came to end.
9/28/1965India-Pakistan hostility erupts into a war lead by Pakistan.
1/29/1993Test debut of Vinod Kambli, prolific Indian batsman.
10/22/2000The Supreme Court, in a significant order, erases Karnataka High Court judgement discharging former Chief Minister S. Bangarappa and his then private secretary R. Suribabu in a corruption case.
9/2/1993Vice Admiral V.S. Shekhawat appointed new naval chief.
4/17/1975Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan, India's second president, died at Madras.
1/18/1969Prajapita Brahma, great social reformer and freedom fighter, passed away.
5/13/1967Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888-1975) retired from the post of second President.