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Historical Event on 5/4/1959
Nehru rejects proposals that India and Pakistan resolve their differences and set up a common alliance against Communist China.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/2/1984 | Army takes control in Punjab as 22 people are killed in Sikh struggle for autonomy. The state is declared a restricted area under the Foreigners' Act. |
| 11/24/1948 | Ashok Gandotra, cricketer (Two Tests for India 1969), was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. |
| 5/16/1995 | Government of India decides not to extend the validity of TADA Act. |
| 8/16/1933 | Mahatma Gandhi goes on fast for being denied to continue the anti-untouchability propaganda. |
| 8/15/1947 | The Indian independence divided not only the country but its armed forces as well. These units came down and their equipment was transferred to the newly created Royal Pakistan Air Force. Thus, the principal components of the Royal Indian Air Force, during the partition, were nos. 3, 4, 7, 8 and 10 Squadrons with Tempest US, No. 2 Squadron with Spitfires and No. 12 Squadron with C-47s and No. 1 Air Observation Flight (AOF). The establishment of this AOF with AOP Auster 4s, 5s and 6s, coincided with independence. No. 6 Squadron, which had been in process of converting from Spitfires to C-47s at Drigh Road, had been stood down and its transports transferred to Pakistan. |
| 9/15/1862 | Gaurishankar Hirachand Oza, famous historian, was born. |
| 9/10/1966 | Parliament approved the Punjab Re-organisation Bill for the formation of Haryana and Punjab as two independent states. |
| 1/23/1972 | Bootlegger sells wood alcohol to wedding party; 100 die in New Delhi. |
| 2/18/1895 | Shri Rafi Ahmed Kidwai, nationalist, patriot, social reformer and Congress leader, was born at Masauli village, Barabanki District. |
| 9/25/1985 | Akali Dal wins Punjab state elections. |
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