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Historical Event on 1/1/1931
Gopi Chand Narang, great educationist and Urdu scholar, was born at Dukki.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/14/1987 | Rajiv Gandhi, PM, rules out termination of Rs. 1700 crore Bofors gun deal. |
| 9/3/1984 | Air Chief Marshal Dilbagh Singh PVSM, AVSM, VM, retired as the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. |
| 3/3/1930 | Untouchable people fought to enter the temple of 'Kala Rama' at Nasik. |
| 10/20/1962 | China mounted a massive attacked in N.E.E.F.A. and Ladakh borders. Chinese army pushed Indians back. The real test of IAF airlift capability came when open warfare erupted on the Sino-lndian border, while operating to the tricky helipads in the mountains, including the operation of C-119Gs from airstrips 17,000 ft (5180m) above sea level in the Karakoram Himalayas, and the air-lifting by An-12Bs of two troops of AMX-13 light tanks to Chushul in Ladakh, where the small airstrip was 15,000 ft (4570m) above sea level. |
| 2/17/1670 | Shivaji won SinghGarh Fort from Mughals. This victory was on the shoulders of Tanaji who was martyred in this attack. Shivaji proclaimed ""Garh Aalaa Pan Singh Gela"" which means that Fort was won but the Lion was lost. |
| 2/18/1994 | India rejects OIC offer to mediate on Kashmir. |
| 10/14/1991 | Prasannakumar Abhyankar, senior journalist, died. |
| 8/16/1991 | C. Achuta Menon, former CM of Kerala, passed away. |
| 1/5/1990 | Mohammad Azharuddin was made captain of Indian cricket team. |
| 3/8/1948 | Air India International was established for overseas services. |
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