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Historical Event on 1/15/1949

General K. N. Kariappa became the first Indian Commander-in-Chief. He was the first Indian to reach to this post in Indian Army. In 1956, he was designated as Chief of the Army Staff - General, later Field Marshal. This event is commemoratively observed as Army Day.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/1/1885Dattatreya Balkrishna Kalelkar, famous Gandhian Gujrathi llitterateur and educationist, was born at Satara in Maharashtra.
10/30/1933Dara Nadirsha Dotiwala, cricket Test umpire for 6 tests from 1981-88, was born in Mumbai.
3/31/1994Argentina President Carlos Menem visits India.
6/25/1983India won 'Prudential World Cup' Cricket Championship held in England after defeating West Indies.
4/9/1997Mumbai regains Ranji Trophy in Gwalior.
3/14/1895Nihalsing Gurumukh, former Chief Minister of Delhi and Governer of Rajasthan, was born.
5/4/1989Ashutosh Mukhopadhyay, famous Bengali litterateur, passed away.
4/19/1960Meeting of Afro-Asian Conference at New Delhi.
1/19/1982Mizo National Front and allied organizations declared illegal.
3/25/1931Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi matyred in Hindu-Muslim riot at Kanpur. He was also the Editor of weekly 'Pratap'.