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Historical Event on 1/4/1995
IAF batch (Angel of Mercy) returns from Somalia after 16 months of stay and 700 sorties.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/6/1944 | Mahatama Gandhi was for the first time addressed as 'Father of Nation'. |
| 9/4/1962 | Kiran Shankar More, great Indian wicket-keeper in 49 Tests 1986-93, was born in Baroda. |
| 3/31/1935 | 374 infants wed at a mass ceremony. |
| 11/23/1926 | Satya Sai Baba, Hindu universalist renaissance charismatic guru, educationalist and worker of miracles, was born. |
| 4/29/1924 | Purushottam Ramchandra Behr, famous writer and Editor of Marathi literature, was born. |
| 4/3/1999 | Indian National Satellite (INSAT-2E), fifth satellite in INSAT-2 series, launched. This has multipurpose communication & meteorological capabilities. This is still in use. Launched by European launch vehicle Ariane, ISRO has leased eleven 36 MHz equivalent units of C-band capacity on board to INTELSAT organisation. |
| 11/9/1948 | Administration of Mayurbhanj State taken over by the Government of India. |
| 6/3/1977 | K. Brahmananda Reddi elected President of the Indian National Congress. |
| 5/1/1997 | Abhijit Kunte wins National `A' chess championshop for men. |
| 9/25/1922 | Shri Nath Pai, freedom fighter, Barrister and Member of Parliament, was born in Konkan region of Maharashtra. |
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