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Historical Event on 12/3/1979

Dhyan Chand, famous master of Hockey and Padma Bhushan awardee, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/9/1752French army surrenders to the English in Trichinopoly, India.
5/18/1988The ten-day Golden Temple siege at Amritsar ends with the surrender of 46 militant Sikhs.
6/12/1990CPI(M) accuses Communist Party of Soviet Union of departing from the basic ideology of Marxism-Leninism in the name of correcting past distortions.
6/5/1996Kubernath Rai, well known writer, passed away.
4/5/1919India's first modern shipping company Scindia Steam Navigation's first ship 'Liberty' started its journey. The weight of the ship was 5,940 tonnes.
2/12/194614 killed in Calcutta riots; Muslim leader Jinnah threatens civil war.
2/27/1992Narasimha Rao elected Congress (I) President in the party poll held after a gap of 20 years.
6/30/1755Jayappa Shinde who was the son of Ronoji Shinde was murdered.
11/18/1972Tiger was adopted as India's 'National Animal'
4/1/1933Indian 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.