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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.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/18/1615 | Thomas Roe presented himself at Jahangir's court in Ajmer. He left India on February 17, 1618. |
| 9/22/1931 | Gandhi meets Charlie Chaplin in London. |
| 9/13/1997 | India drubs Maldives in SAFF football final in Kathmandu. |
| 7/1/1965 | Meerut University was established. |
| 1/1/1903 | A vast crowd thronged the great plain outside Delhi today, waiting to hear the declaration that King Edward VII was Emperor of India. The crowd, clothed in brilliantly colored garments, was largely composed of common people who had come to the durbar to see India's princes pledge their fealty to the Emperor . The Duke of Connaught, representing King Edward, sat on the left of the Viceroy of India, Lord Curzon of Kedleston, who sat on a throne surrounded by giant silver footstools. Lord Curzon spoke briefly, then read a message from the King, who expressed regret at not being present at the durbar and his wishes for ""the increasing prosperity of my Indian Empire."" Among the dignitaries in the amphi-theater were 600 veterans of the Sepoy Mutiny of 1857-58. |
| 10/19/1967 | Dr. C. V. Raman elucidated his new theory on wave motion in respect to vision and dim light. |
| 3/11/1824 | US War Dept creates the Bureau of Indian Affair. |
| 12/19/1860 | Lord Dalhousie, Governor General of India (1848-1856), died. |
| 5/27/1994 | Tarktirth Laxmanshastri Joshi, internationally famous omnicient, passed away. |
| 5/7/1849 | Bethune College of Calcutta was established in the upper class families and it was started for female education. |
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