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Historical Event on 3/1/1963

25 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.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/24/1948The State of Junagarh, whose accession to India was protested by Pakistan in the UN Security Council, voted in favour of India in a popular referendum held on 20 February.
2/28/1997The samadhi of Morarji Desai - Abhay Ghat - near Sabarmati Ashram, Ahmedabad to be converted to a national monument, this was decided on Feburary 11.
4/2/1997A division bench of Mumbai High Court holds that a married woman of a joint Hindu family can stake a claim to her father's property.
1/4/1924Vidyadhar Gokhle, editor, playwright and politician, was born.
2/11/1989Pandit Narendra Sharma passed away.
6/1/1944Liladhar Jagudi, well known Hindi poet, passed away.
1/18/1925Gajanan Johari, famous Marathi writer, was born.
10/10/1952US mediator Frank Graham told the U.N. Security Council that there was a possibility of war between India and Pakistan over Kashmir.
10/24/1954Rafi Ahmad Kidwai, Congress leader, died.
2/10/1910Smt. Durga Bhagwat, veteran Marathi writer, was born.