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Historical Event on 12/21/1994

The IAF return from peace keeping duties as part of the Indian contingent supporting UN operations in Somalia.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/22/1998Second Lieutenant Punit Datta is posthumously selected for the nation's highest peace time gallantry award, Ashok Chakra.
3/1/196325 Sqn, AF was formed with 04XAN-12 aircraft acquired from the erstwhile USSR. This was to supply lines to the Army in the Northern Sector encompassing J&K and Ladakh regions.
1/1/1989The 4th annual SAARC summit concludes in Islamabad.
8/2/2000The Lok Sabha performs a ''hat-trick'' by setting off the process for the creation of three new states by passing the Jharkhand Bill.
11/14/199710th International Film Festival for children and young people ambles into Hyderabad atop Gajju, the delightful elephant mascot. About 125 films from 30 countries will be screened.
7/29/1995Anup Jalota, famous Bhajan and Ghazal singer, was born.
9/28/1984First floodlights lit ODI between India and Australia held outside of Australia at New Delhi.
2/25/1977Second satellite Earth Station established at Dehradun.
3/14/1995Keshubai Patel (Gujarat), J.B. Patnaik (Orissa) and Manohar Joshi, the 12th (Maharashtra) CMs, elected.
3/12/1992India and the US decide to hold joint naval exercises in the Indian ocean.