|
|
Historical Event on 12/5/1943
The Japanese planes attack Calcutta port.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/10/1997 | Malleswari earns India's first gold medal in Asian weightlifting championship in Beijing. |
| 6/10/1888 | Balraj Bhalla, revolutionary, was born. |
| 12/4/1982 | Asian Games at Delhi concluded. |
| 12/11/1976 | Aliyawar Jung, former Governor of Maharashtra, died. |
| 4/1/1933 | Indian Air Force was established at Drigh Road in Karachi (now in Pakistan). Subroto Mukherjee and four other officers were inducted as pilots when the first Indian Air Force Squadron was formed. The first aircraft flight joined the Indian Air Force, at that time it possessed a strength of six RAF-trained officers and 19 Havai Sepoys (literally, air soldiers); its aircraft inventory comprised four Westland Wapiti II. A army co-operation biplaned at Drigh Road as the ""A"" Flight nucleus of the planned No.1 (Army Co-operation) Squadron. |
| 10/28/1962 | US pledges to rush arms to India. |
| 8/20/1915 | Devraj Ars, former chief minister of Karnataka, was born. |
| 10/17/1932 | Rani Gaidinliu, freedom fighter, social reformer and political leader, was captured by the British army. |
| 7/12/1960 | Bhagalpur University was established in Bihar. |
| 6/27/1894 | Chhaganbapa (Chhaganlal Karamshi Parekh), great social worker, was born. |
|
![]()
|
|
|
