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Historical Event on 1/20/1939
Nalin Chandra Wickramasinghe, great Indian astronomer, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/15/1947 | The Indian independence divided not only the country but its armed forces as well. These units came down and their equipment was transferred to the newly created Royal Pakistan Air Force. Thus, the principal components of the Royal Indian Air Force, during the partition, were nos. 3, 4, 7, 8 and 10 Squadrons with Tempest US, No. 2 Squadron with Spitfires and No. 12 Squadron with C-47s and No. 1 Air Observation Flight (AOF). The establishment of this AOF with AOP Auster 4s, 5s and 6s, coincided with independence. No. 6 Squadron, which had been in process of converting from Spitfires to C-47s at Drigh Road, had been stood down and its transports transferred to Pakistan. |
| 4/3/1994 | Bhanu Prakash Singh,Goa Governor, resigns. |
| 6/19/1990 | NDC approves approach paper to the Eighth Plan. |
| 3/3/1983 | Seventh Non-Aligned Summit started at New Delhi. |
| 10/6/1992 | Z. R. Ansari, former central minister, died. |
| 12/15/1995 | Rajya Sabha approves extension of President's rule in J & K for a further period of 6 months and also passes Government resolution approving imposition of President's rule in UP. |
| 7/4/1992 | Sanskrit made a compulsory subject from sixth to intermediate classes in Uttar Pradesh. |
| 8/10/1963 | The Kamraj Plan. |
| 8/10/1963 | Muhammad Tughluq Shah II passed away at Sindh. |
| 2/10/1916 | Revolutionary Sohanlal Pathak hanged. |
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