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Historical Event on 12/19/1995
Unidentified aircraft drops a heap of sophisticated arms and ammunition, including AK-47 rifles, rocket launchers and anti-tank grenades in Purulia district in West Bengal.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/24/1995 | Total solar eclipse seen over Rajasthan, UP, Bihar and West Bengal, while partial eclipse seen in the rest of the country. |
| 4/1/1933 | Indian Air Force was established at Drigh Road in Karachi (now in Pakistan). Subroto Mukherjee and four other officers were inducted as pilots when the first Indian Air Force Squadron was formed. The first aircraft flight joined the Indian Air Force, at that time it possessed a strength of six RAF-trained officers and 19 Havai Sepoys (literally, air soldiers); its aircraft inventory comprised four Westland Wapiti II. A army co-operation biplaned at Drigh Road as the ""A"" Flight nucleus of the planned No.1 (Army Co-operation) Squadron. |
| 3/17/1863 | Sayajirao Gaekwad of Baroda was born. |
| 7/16/1997 | V. S. Rama Devi, Secretary-General of Rajya Sabha, appointed Governor of Himachal Pradesh. |
| 10/4/1999 | Rest of India won the Zal Irani Trophy in Bangalore. |
| 5/27/1968 | Second Jawaharlal Nehru award for International Understanding given to Reverend Martin Luther King posthumously. |
| 11/19/1877 | Jatindranath Benarjee, revolutionary of Indian freedom movement, was born. |
| 8/18/2000 | The Supreme Court rejects a petition filed by former Navy chief Vishnu Bhagwat challenging his dismissal from service and the consequent direction stripping him of the title Admiral. |
| 4/9/1965 | Fighting breaks out in the Rann of Kutch between Indian and Pakistani troops. Pakistan attacked Indian borders, Sardar Post, Chhar Bet and Beria Bet, this was manned by the State Armed Police Batallions. In Kutch launched its 8th Infantry Division supported by two regiments of M47/48 Pattons. Operation 'Desert Hawk' was launched to draw away reserves from other vulnerable areas, and possibly to test India's resolve. The Indian Army did not rise to the bait. |
| 4/9/1965 | Sheikh Mirza, chieftain of a small state of Ferghana, was born in Turkmenistan. |
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