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Historical Event on 01/14/1592

Sjihab al-Din Sultan Choerram Sjah Djahan, leader of India, was born.

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7/8/1914Jyoti Basu, former Chief Minister of West Bengal, was born.
4/18/1931Lord Willingdon took over as the Viceroy of India.
5/12/1949S Vijaya Laxmi Pandit, first woman foreign ambassador, was received in US.
10/22/1947There were bound to be difficulties in consolidating the loosely federated Indian provinces, princely states, etc. into one homogeneous whole state. Kashmir, after initial dithering, acceded to India voluntarily and by popular consent, then, was invaded by Pakistani tribesmen with the support of the Pakistani government.
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9/23/1911Rappal Sangmeshwar Krishnan, noted physics expert of India, was born.
3/25/1954The first helicopter S-55 arrived ferried to Delhi. The Indian Air Force experience with rotary wing aircraft. It was indeed a 'red letter day' in the history of IAF a befitting gift on its coming of age ' when the first helicopter wearing IAF markings appeared at Palam in the form of a Sikorsky, S-55. Such a swift action, complete involvement and dedication on the part of the crew and technicians was the clear indication of the standards with which One-O-Four set about its tasks for others to emulate.