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Historical Event on 1/1/1988

The Officers Training School (OTS) was re-christened as Officers Training Academy. Besides training Indian nationals, 74 cadets from Sri Lanka have also been trained at the OTA.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/20/1955Kripal Singh scores 100* on Test debut, India v New Zealand.
7/16/1956K. L. Pawar, who guided students for the written examinations, was born.
12/25/1995First major multi-organ transplant in the country performed in Apollo Hospital in Madras.
4/5/1944221 Advance Base Depots laid down their lives to repulse several waves of Japanese attacks and succeeded in safe evacuation of Ordnance stores to an alternate site.
6/13/1999The Indian army secures the strategic Tololing peak in the Dras sector.
10/11/1902Loknayak Jayprakash Harsudayal Narayan, veteran socialist leader, was born at Sitabdiara village (border of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar) in Bihar. He was awarded Bharat Ratna on Dec. 23, 1998 and played a key role in formation of Janta Party which defeated Indian National Congress for the first time.
10/24/2000Delhi High Court admitted the appeal of former Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao against the lower court judgement in the JMM MPs' bribery case.
5/1/1923Under the leadership of Singaravelu Chettiar, the first May day was celebrated in India.
3/31/1997Forex reserves touch a record $ 22.36 billions.
9/30/1996Dr. A.T. Ariyaratne, Sri Lankan social scientist, received the Gandhi Peace Prize 1996.