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Historical Event on 12/1/1966
Nagaland becomes a state of the Indian Union.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/18/1901 | V. Shantaram alias Shantaram Rajaram Vankudre, famous film maker and actor (Chitrapat Maharashi), was born. |
| 12/1/1998 | P. Subramaniam Poti (75), former Chief Justice of Kerala and Gujarat High Court, dies of a heart attack. |
| 12/6/1997 | Space shuttle Columbia's astronauts return to earth following a two-week science mission on an enquiry awaiting them because of botched satellite release. Columbia and its crew of six, including India-born Kalpana Chawla, swooped through a clear chilly sky and landed on runway at Kennedy Space Centre. Astronauts save runaway $10-million satellite by catching it with their hands. |
| 1/14/1995 | Ban on VHP re-imposed. |
| 8/18/1891 | Jain Muni Mishrimalji, poet, social reformer and orator, was born at Pali, Rajasthan. |
| 7/8/1958 | Lord Canning declared that since peace was established, it is better known as end of Indian Mutiny, 1857. |
| 7/2/1905 | Shantiswaroop Dhavan, former Governor of West Bengal, was born. |
| 1/26/1950 | India became a Republic within the British Commonwealth and the Indian Air Force dropped its ""Royal"" prefix. At this time, it possessed six fighter squadrons of Spitfires, Vampires and Tempests, operating from Kanpur, Poona, Ambala and Palam, one B-24 bomber squadron, one C-47 Dakota transport squadron, one AOP flight, a communications squadron at Palam and a growing training organisation. |
| 10/15/1994 | SROSS-C2, Indian Remote Sensing Satellite (IRS-P2), which carried remote sensing payload, was placed in orbit. It was the second developmental launch of PSLV. |
| 4/23/1774 | British Commander Colonel Chapman defeated Rohilla's army and captured Ruhelkhand. |
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