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Historical Event on 10/1/1941
No. 3 Squadron, similarly Audax-equipped, was raised at Peshawar.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/12/1891 | Gandhiji sailed for India and reached in July. |
| 3/10/1926 | Dilbagh Singh, Air Chief Marshal, the second Sikh Chief of Air Staff and Indian Air Force, was born in Punjab. |
| 2/4/1948 | Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) banned. Finance Minister announces nationalisation of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) after Sept 30, 1948. |
| 12/28/1977 | Sumitranandan Pant, famous Hindi poet and literaeur, died. |
| 8/18/1923 | Sadashiv ""Sadu"" Ganpatrao Shinde, cricketer (Indian leg-spinner during the late 1940's and early 1950's), was born in Bombay. |
| 8/18/1923 | Pieter de Carpentier, flemish Governor General of Dutch East-Indies, was born. |
| 1/17/1925 | Abdul Hafeez Kardar, cricketer (Pakistan 1st Test captain, previously played for India), was born in Lahore. |
| 7/16/1999 | 17 are killed and over 200 injured when the Delhi bound GT Express collides with derailed wagons of a goods train near Mathura. |
| 7/29/1987 | India and Sri Lanka sign peace accord at Colombo in a bid to end the 5-year old ethnic trouble. This stance taken thereafter by the LTTE added several dimensions to the scenario. It was a multi-purpose role that the Navy has been required to play. |
| 1/9/1664 | Shivaji started Surat campaign and left the city after plundering the place. |
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