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Historical Event on 2/1/1942
No. 4 Squadron of the IAF was born in the war at Peshawar. The Squadron was first equipped with Lysander aircraft. The Second World War was in its third year and Japanese forces were advancing towards India's eastern frontiers.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/4/1979 | Indian Airlines AVRO-748 crashes in to a hill near Bombay. |
| 4/5/1987 | The centenary of Bombay Fire Brigade was celebrated. (CIVIC). |
| 3/9/1863 | Laxman Bapuji Kolhatkar (Bhaurao), famous singer and actor of Marathi theatre, was born. |
| 8/30/2000 | A. B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, announced a package for small units raising the ceiling on loans from Rs. 10 lakhs to Rs. 25 lakhs. For the handloom sector, a separate scheme costing Rs. 447 crores was also finalised. |
| 2/25/1993 | 113 MPs arrested and Murali Manohar Joshi injured in police action. |
| 3/7/1999 | 22 persons are killed and six injured when an AN-32 transport aircraft of the IAF crashes at Pappankulam near Indira Gandhi International Airport in south-west Delhi. |
| 5/12/1937 | George VI is crowned. |
| 7/10/1992 | SROSS-C placed in orbit. Indian National Satellite (INSAT-2A), first indigenously-built satellite of second-generation INSAT series launched from Kourore. This is more operational multi-purpose communication and enhanced meteorology satellite. It is still in service. |
| 5/25/1936 | Rusi Framroz Surti, cricketer (Indian slow lefty, hat-trick for Qld 1969), was born in Surat, Gujarat. |
| 6/11/1996 | Narasimha Rao's name figures in fresh FIR on bribing JMM MPs case. |
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