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Historical Event on 5/22/1992
India launches its 'Agni' rocket.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/24/1993 | Khanprabha Bhaduri, famous Bengali poet and writer, died. |
| 4/18/1926 | Padmakar Ganesh Chitle, famous Marathi novelist, was born. |
| 1/10/1986 | Pakistan decides to lift 8-year-old ban on private trade with India. |
| 1/10/1986 | Rumi, famous Muslim Sufi poet, was born. |
| 9/2/1947 | Gandhiji is mobbed in Calcutta house; gives up idea of Noakhali visit. Peace efforts intensified. |
| 3/15/1993 | Vinod Kambli scores 227 vs Zimbabwe. This was his second consecutive Test 200. |
| 4/2/1980 | S. S. Grewal was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 30-04-1981. |
| 9/6/1965 | Full scale warfare broke out all along the international border between West Pakistan and India. Pakistani troops advanced towards the Indian town of Akhnur in Kashmir and Pakistani paratroopers raided Punjab. |
| 9/19/1911 | Boyi Bhimanna, great Hindi writer, poet and prolific author, was born at Mamidikuduru in AP. |
| 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. |
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