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Historical Event on 1/6/1992
Sachin Tendulkar completes 148* vs Australia at the SCG.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/10/1936 | Dr. Mukhtar Ahmad Ansari, great freedom fighter, politician, journalist and muslim leader, passed away. |
| 5/20/1964 | P. T. Usha, famous sprinter, was born. |
| 7/7/1799 | Ranjit Singh captured Lahore in Punjab from Sikh rulers. |
| 8/29/1998 | Prasar Bharti ordinance promulgated. |
| 9/20/1933 | Annie Besant, veteran freedom fighter for India, died. |
| 3/31/1998 | T. N. Mishra became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 04/01/99). |
| 1/10/1979 | Anand Gopal Shauri, litterateur and journalist, passed away. |
| 8/15/1947 | The Indian independence divided not only the country but its armed forces as well. These units came down and their equipment was transferred to the newly created Royal Pakistan Air Force. Thus, the principal components of the Royal Indian Air Force, during the partition, were nos. 3, 4, 7, 8 and 10 Squadrons with Tempest US, No. 2 Squadron with Spitfires and No. 12 Squadron with C-47s and No. 1 Air Observation Flight (AOF). The establishment of this AOF with AOP Auster 4s, 5s and 6s, coincided with independence. No. 6 Squadron, which had been in process of converting from Spitfires to C-47s at Drigh Road, had been stood down and its transports transferred to Pakistan. |
| 2/26/1946 | Mrinal Pandey, famous Hindi columnist, was born. |
| 11/5/1950 | Faiyaj Khan, famous singer of Indian classical music, died. |
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