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Historical Event on 1/11/1986

The first MiG-27M fighter, built under license by Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd, is delivered and inducted into the Indian Air Force.

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2/13/1977Jasawant Singh, famous physiologist, passed away.
3/25/1916S. M. Pandit, famous painter, was born.
3/25/1916Mughal conqueror Babur Shah (1483-1530) defeats Ibrahim Lodi II, the Lodi Sultan of Delhi, and captures Delhi and the Koh-i-noor diamond, in the First Battle of Panipat. He founded the Mughal dynasty in India (1526-1761), consolidated by his grandson Akbar.
8/1/1998The DMK condemns the BJP-led coalition Government's decision to set up a Multi-Disciplinary Monitoring Agency and rejects the Action Taken Report on the final report of the Jain Commission with reference to Mr. M. Karunanidhi.
4/26/1990V. R. P. Menon, an Air Force Engineer, broke the world record in Chandigargh.
8/12/199272 militants surrendered before Punjab CM Beant Singh.
12/13/1984The death toll in a toxic gas leak from an insecticide plant in Bhopal, India, now is estimated at 2,100, and tens of thousands of residents fled the city today after it was announced that the Union Carbide plant would be started up again to neutralize the effect.
4/15/1942George VI awards the George Cross to the people of Malta.
8/21/1987Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma elected the Vice President of India (1987 - 1992).