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Historical Event on 9/3/1984

Air Chief Marshal Dilbagh Singh PVSM, AVSM, VM, retired as the Air Officer Commanding, India Command.

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8/1/1939Bombay begins Prohibition, first since U.S. law was repealed.
6/15/1988Dalai Lama recoganised the rights of China in foreign affairs and Army Operations in Tibet region.
4/1/1973India starts a drive to save tigers from extinction.
3/8/1997G. K. Moopanar unanimously elected first president of Tamil Maanila Congress.
8/1/1952Yajurvindra Singh Jaswant Singh, cricketer (Indian batsman four Tests 1977-79), was born in Rajkot.
8/30/1908Ganpatrao Tapase, senior freedom fighter and former Governor of Uttar Pradesh and Haryana, was born.
1/30/1948Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, the spiritual leader of Indian independence, was shot and killed by a Hindu extremist. The 78-year-old Gandhi was shot at point-blank range as he was walking through a garden to a pergola, where he was to deliver his daily prayer meeting.
5/4/1854The first stamp was officially issued from Calcutta where the first modern post office was established.
3/25/1997Justice Jagdish Saran Verma sworn in Chief Justice of India.
4/15/1997Interest rate on domestic term deposits brought down from 10 to nine per cent by RBI.