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Historical Event on 7/3/1985

Air Chief Marshal D A La Fontaine PVSM, AVSM, VM., became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 31/July/1988.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/10/1944Japanese troops take the Ngakyedauk Pass, cutting off the 7th Indian Division at Sinzweya, Burma.
8/4/1923Nagpur University started working.
5/6/1922Chhatrapati Rajarshi Shahu, great revolutionary, freedom fighter and social reformer of Kolhapur, passed away at Bombay. He was 48.
3/17/1982President's rule in Kerala.
5/20/1972Indira Gandhi laid the foundation stone of 2nd Howrah bridge at Calcutta.
5/27/1992M. L. Manchanda, AIR's Patiala engineer who was kidnapped by Babbar Khalsa militants, was found executed.
1/8/1947Rajasthan University established at Jaipur.
12/14/1999The Prime Minister informs the Lok Sabha that Ram Prakash Gupta has denied the remarks on temple construction.
11/8/1988Salman Rushdie's 'The Satanic Verses' awarded 1988 Whitbread Prize.
3/20/1965Venkataraghavan takes 8-72 vs New Zealand at Delhi.