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Historical Event on 3/1/1961
The first AN-12B arrived in India. This was added in the force because of the increasing frequency of clashes with Chinese forces on the Sino-lndian Himalayan border and the need that these revealed for yet further increase in airlift capability, together with a requirement for medium helicopters suitable for high-altitude operation, orders were placed in the Soviet Union for eight Antonov An- 12B and 24IL-yushin 11- 14 transport aircraft plus 10 Mi-4 helicopters.
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| 7/3/1745 | Ranoji Shinde died. |
| 11/16/1991 | Madhukar Karekar, famous journalist, died |
| 6/25/1888 | Lord Louis Mountbatten, British politician, was born. |
| 5/2/1926 | Hindu women gain right to seek elected office. |
| 7/13/1913 | Tulsi Prasad Khaitan, great industrialist, was born in Chandi village, Bihar . |
| 4/12/1991 | Lok Sabha elections announced for May 20, 23, 26; Punjab Assam, J&K polls deferred. |
| 7/26/2000 | The Centre imposes a ban on employing children belowing 14 years as domestic servants by all Government employees in the All India services at the insistence of the NHRC. |
| 1/31/1949 | Maharajas of Baroda and Kolhapur decide to merge their states with Bombay. |
| 10/12/1999 | Sachidanand Sakshi, former BJP MP, joined SP. |
| 11/6/1946 | P. S. Shivswami Iyyer, great politician and administrator, passed away. |
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