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Historical Event on 3/3/1859
A length of 119 miles of line was laid in the North from Allahabad to Kanpur.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/29/1924 | Ezra Laderman, NYC, composer (Jacob & the Indians), was born. |
| 9/10/1980 | Mangalore University established. |
| 2/11/1968 | Deendayal Upadhyaya, great philosopher, litterateur, social worker, thinker and founder of Jansangh, passed away. |
| 11/27/1999 | BJP suspends former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Kalyan Singh from the primary membership of the Party for defying Mr. Vajpayee. |
| 12/12/1971 | The first aerial victory was when MiG-21FLs of No. 47 Squadron shot down a PAF F-104 over the Gulf of Kutch and this was followed by three more victories in quick succession on 17 December, when MiG-21FLs of No. 29 Squadron escorting HF-24 Maruts, shot down intercepting F-104s near Uttarlai in the Rajasthan desert in gun-missile encounters, while a third F-104, on an intruding mission, was shot down by another MiG 21FL of No.29 Squadron. |
| 6/4/1987 | A Swedish Government enquiry finds that Bofors paid commission to middlemen for concluding Arms Purchase Agreement with India. |
| 12/11/1996 | T. N. Seshan retires. M. S. Gill becomes the new election Chief Election Commissioner. |
| 4/5/1979 | First Naval Museum of India established in Bombay. |
| 1/29/1994 | Air India and Indian Airlines converted into companies. |
| 3/29/1989 | Central Institute of Fisheries Education gets the distinction of becoming the first Fisheries University in India. |
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