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Historical Event on 12/1/1921
Des Raj Kalia, great librarian, was born at Fazilka, Punjab.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/16/1942 | The third IAF unit to operate the Lysander was No.4 Squadron, formed with four aircraft on 16 February 1942. This squadron was to continue to operate the Westland aircraft until it too was re-equipped with the Hurricane in June 1943. |
| 9/11/1999 | India's Sachin Ratti won the men's singles title in the New Zealand International Badminton championship, defeating top seed and world No. 23 Rio Suryana of Australia in the final. |
| 2/2/1930 | Vasudev Govind Apte, editor and dictrionay creator, passed away. |
| 3/18/1938 | Shashi Kapoor, famous film producer, director, actor and dramatist, was born in Calcutta. He has made sucessful films like Junoon, Kaliyug, Heat and Dust, etc. |
| 1/14/1991 | Chitragupta, famous film music director, passed away. |
| 12/14/1990 | President's Rule imposed on Goa. Caretaker CM Dr. Barbosa disqualified from the membership of Assembly for defection from Congress (I) nine months ago. |
| 12/13/1902 | Ilachandra Joshi, famous Hindi novelist, story writer, critic and journalist, was born. |
| 4/9/1965 | After Indo-Pak conflict of 1965, the Raksha Medal, Samar Seva Star and some others were introduced. |
| 1/8/1992 | Luggage rate of railway passengers hiked by 30 per cent. |
| 5/9/1997 | At least 71 persons were killed and nine injured when a truck carrying a marriage party plunges into gorge near Gasota in Hamerpur district of Himachal Pradesh. |
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