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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 |
| 2/17/1998 | Delhi-Tamil Nadu Ranji Trophy super-league match in Chennai was abandoned owing to pitch tampering. |
| 11/19/1982 | 9th Asian Games started in Delhi. |
| 1/22/1998 | Second Lieutenant Punit Datta is posthumously selected for the nation's highest peace time gallantry award, Ashok Chakra. |
| 7/28/1999 | Shiv Sena president Bal Thackeray is banned from voting and contesting in any election for six years from December 11, 1995 on the recommendations of the Election Commission. |
| 2/12/1928 | Lalit Mohan Sharma, former Chief Justice of Supreme Court, was born. |
| 12/14/1979 | Nirode Ranjan Chowdhury, cricketer, two Tests for India and bowling average of 205, died. |
| 11/17/1994 | Dr. Harbhajan Singh, Punjabi poet, wins Saraswati Samman. |
| 11/29/1953 | Benegal Narsing Rau, foremost Indian Jurist of his time, passed away at Zurich. He performed some very prominent duties towards the nation. He was Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir and a judge at the Permanent Court of International Justice at Hague. |
| 6/21/1988 | Sikh activist bombers kill 30 in Amritsar. |
| 5/9/1998 | Kirit Raval is appointed Solicitor-General of India. |
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