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Historical Event on 2/20/1953

India opens $ 140 mil. power system modeled after TVA.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/7/1906Bank of India, the first Indian bank, was registered.
4/17/1977Swatantra Party was merged in Janata Party.
5/19/1982Elections for Assemblies held in West Bengal, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Kerala.
2/16/1968Beatles George Harrison and John Lennon along with their wives fly to India for transcendental meditation study with the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.
12/17/1645Noorjahan Begum passed away.
4/2/1994Governor Bhanu Prakash Singh dismisses Wilfred D'souza Government in Goa.
3/21/1992India's second submarine 'Shankul' joined Navy.
11/24/1941Indian infantry attacks German tanks at Sidi Omar.
3/10/1954The history of 104 HU, the most prestigious and the oldest Helicopter Unit of the IAF, is studded with more than four decades of glorious past and yeomen service rendered to the country. One-O-Four was raised as Helicopter Flight at Palam on 10th March 1954.
3/16/1939Subroto Mukherjee became the first Indian Officer to command a squadron when he took over No.1.