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Historical Event on 6/26/1975
Chaudhary Charan Singh, freedom fighter and Chief Minister of UP, arrested by British Government.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/15/1967 | Narayan Shripad Rajhans (Balgandharv), famous singer and actor, passed away. |
| 3/2/1938 | Chandrakumar Agarwala, assamia poet, passed away. |
| 5/5/1942 | Henry Albert John Gidney, great leader and politician, died at New Delhi. |
| 10/12/1976 | Kumarnath Bagchi, famous Indian chemist, died. |
| 11/20/1917 | Ram Gopal, great Indies /English classical dancer (Blue Peter, Purple Plain), was born. |
| 3/5/1919 | M.L. Kapoor, great industrialist, was born at Lahore. |
| 8/13/1947 | Riots sweep Lahore in Punjab; mobs stone Gandhi's house. |
| 8/29/1956 | India gets $ 360 million loan as food aid. |
| 12/17/2000 | The 13-day nationwide postal strike called off. |
| 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. |
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