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Historical Event on 3/16/1939
Subroto Mukherjee became the first Indian Officer to command a squadron when he took over No.1.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/8/1977 | Bommi Narsing Reddy, famous film story writer and Dadasaheb Phalke awardee, passed away. |
| 8/5/1994 | Yakub Abdul Razak Memon, a key accused in 1993's Bombay blast case, was arrested. |
| 4/12/1978 | India's first double decker train was started between Victoria Terminus (CST) and Pune which beared the name as ""Janta Express"", which is now known under the name of Shivaji's fort as ""Singhgarh Express"". |
| 7/12/1920 | Siddharthacharry V, educationist and diplomat, was born at Mysore. |
| 5/1/1926 | Jim Corbett killed the notorious man-eating leopard of Rudraprayag at Gulabrai village, who had attacked and killed about 125 people. |
| 2/24/1946 | Mrs. Kashibai and Mrs. Babbai Lakshman, freedom fighters, were shot dead by the police. |
| 4/13/1982 | Pandit Parmanand, founder member of `Gather Party', passed away. |
| 7/4/1989 | Union Deputy Ministers were promoted to the rank of Ministers of State. |
| 1/3/1995 | PM inaugurates 82nd Indian Science Congress at Jadavpur University, Calcutta. |
| 5/20/1999 | The CWC expels Sharad Pawar, M. P. A. Sangma and Tariq Anwar for six years from the primary membership of the party. |
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