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Historical Event on 3/1/1961
The first AN-12B arrived in India. This was added in the force because of the increasing frequency of clashes with Chinese forces on the Sino-lndian Himalayan border and the need that these revealed for yet further increase in airlift capability, together with a requirement for medium helicopters suitable for high-altitude operation, orders were placed in the Soviet Union for eight Antonov An- 12B and 24IL-yushin 11- 14 transport aircraft plus 10 Mi-4 helicopters.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/31/1955 | The Prime Minister inaugurated the Cooperative Milk Producers' Union factory at Anand, Gujarat. |
| 10/29/1930 | Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru is sent back to prison for two yearrs following a speech he made at Allahabad the day after his release from jail. |
| 11/20/1999 | Melody queen Lata Mangeshkar, senior journalist `Cho' Ramaswamy, eminent jurist Fali S. Nariman and veteran RSS leader Nanaji Deshmukh nominated to the Rajya Sabha. |
| 2/6/1932 | Dorabji Jamshetji Tata, great industrialist, passed away. |
| 5/10/1985 | 59 were killed and 150 wounded in Sikh attacks. |
| 5/18/1946 | Gandhiji discusses Plan with Cabinet Mission. |
| 11/14/1997 | N. V. N. Somu, Union Minister of State for Defence and president of The Hindu Office and National Press Employees Union from 1969, died in Army Helicopter crash at Tezpur in Arunachal Pradesh. |
| 3/28/1978 | Nafisa Joseph, Miss India Universe (1997), was born. |
| 3/24/1947 | Lord Louis Mountbatten came to India. |
| 8/14/1987 | Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan (1890-1988), Frontier Gandhi. He is the first non-Indian to receive this honour. |
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