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Historical Event on 4/16/1903

Kalka-Simla Railway line section was opened for public conveyance.

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6/22/1975National Emergency was declared and censorship introduced.
10/20/1962The first IAFunit No. 2 squadron re-equipped with the Gnat at Ambalan and No.9 squadron soon followed suit.
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7/22/1918During the First World War, India's first fighter pilot Indra Lal Rai's plane was shot down in battle by Germans planes near London. Rai had fought for Britisher's Force.