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Historical Event on 2/1/1942
No.1 Squadron arrived in Burma with its Lysanders, flying tactical recce missions from Toungoo before transferring to Mingaladon with a flight deployed at Lashio.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/21/1992 | Tarachand Barjatya, film producer, passed away. |
| 10/5/1868 | Laxmi Narayan Barua, Assamia novelist, was born. |
| 5/3/1913 | Dhundiraj Govind Phalke, more generally known as Dada Saheb Phalke, was responsible for the production of India's first fully indigenous silent four-reel feature film 'Raja Harishchandra' which heralded the birth of the Indian film industry. The film had titles in Hindi and English and was released on May 3, 1913 at the Coronation Cinematograph in Bombay. |
| 3/30/1945 | Dr. J. J. Rawal, joint director of Nehru Planetarium of Mumbai, was born. |
| 5/3/1997 | Vijay Pradhan, additional senior counsel for Srikrishna Commission probing 1992-93 riots in Mumbai, resigns. He is not allowed to cross-examine Chief Minister Manohar Joshi. |
| 1/14/1985 | Dr. Nagendra Singh elected World Court Chief. |
| 12/4/2000 | India deports TULF functionary-turned LTTE supporter M.K. Eelavendhan, a Chennai resident for over a decade. |
| 11/14/1919 | Anantrao Bhalerao, freedom fighter, journalist and editor of daily news paper ""Marathawada"", was born. |
| 2/8/1989 | Mrs. Gro Harlem Brundtland, PM of Norway, was awarded 1988 Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development. |
| 6/17/1994 | Twelve opposition legislators in Sikkim resign. |
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