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Historical Event on 1/11/1986
The first MiG-27M fighter, built under license by Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd, is delivered and inducted into the Indian Air Force.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
11/25/1999 | Baba Amte, a Gandhian and noted social worker, is chosen for the Gandhi Peace Prize. |
10/30/1996 | ITC $100 million scam, the country's biggest ever FERA violation case, was unearthed by the Enforcement Directorate. |
4/1/1941 | Ajit Laxman Wadekar, cricketer (stalwart Indian batsman & capt and Team Manager), was born in Bombay. He has received the Arjun Award (1967) and Padmashree (1972). |
10/20/1998 | Security forces unearth 770 kg of RDX and plastic explosives in the Tangmay area of Baramulla district in Jammu and Kashmir. |
4/4/1987 | Agney, famous Hindi litterateur and Gyanpeeth Award winning poet, passed away. |
7/1/1852 | For the first time in Asia, Postal Stamp for the general public was issued by Sindh Province in Karachi. |
10/24/1975 | Bounded labour system was abolished by Ordinance |
5/18/1945 | Bhagwat Subramaniam Chandrasekhar, cricketer (brilliant Indian leggie 1964-79), was born in Banglore. He received Arjun Award and Padmashree awards in 1972. |
10/1/1978 | In the Child Marriage Act, minimum age for marriage was raised to 21 year for males and 18 years for females. |
3/7/1956 | A gigantic steel tube plant opened in Jamshedpur. It was the first of its kind in India. |
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