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Historical Event on 4/5/1989

Pannalal Patel, great Gujrati litterateur, died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/25/1989India's first super-computer X-MP-14 of US make was dedicated to the nation.
4/16/1962Third Lok Sabha constituted after the third general election in India. J. L. Nehru forms the third Congress ministry.
3/1/2000P.Harikrishna becomes India's youngest International Master in the Sangli International chess tournament.
12/28/1928First talkie feature film 'Melody of Love' was released in India. The film was made by Universal Picture Corporation, America. It's premier was held at Elphinstone Picture Palace, Calcutta.
11/18/1772Madhav Rao Peshwa (the 4th peshwa ruler) died at the age of 28. Narayanrao succeeded him.
2/23/1962The Cholera Research Centre was established at Calcutta (renamed as the National Institute of Cholera & Enteric Diseases in 1979).
4/1/1933Indian 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.
9/13/1998Dr. Justice Adarsh Sein Anand is appointed Chief Justice of India.
8/16/1932Britain instituted new electoral plan for India: to allow limited untouchables and giving them separate representation.
1/1/1874The first women magazine ""Bola Bodhini"" was published.