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Historical Event on 3/16/1939

Subroto Mukherjee became the first Indian Officer to command a squadron when he took over No.1.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/5/1999Nisha Millet became the first Indian swimmer to receive the International Olympic Committee's Solidarity Scholarship, given to sportspersons with outstanding track record and possessing Olympic potential.
7/3/1745Ranoji Shinde died.
4/7/1987In a case filed by Saira Banu of Kerela, Supreme Court held that all wives, including Muslim women, whose husbands have either married again or taken a mistress are entitled to maintenance.
1/3/1996Karnataka agrees to release 6 tmc ft. of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu, bowing to PM's order.
7/22/1925Govind Talwalkar, famous journalist and editor, was born.
7/4/1897Nanaksingh, famous Punjabi novelist, was born in a Hindu family in village Chak Hamid, Tehsil Dadan Khan, District Jhelum (now in Pakistan).
12/28/1952Arun Jaitley, son of Maharaj Kishan Jaitley, was born in New Delhi.
1/9/1972In 1971, 433 feature films produced in the world with a record and a top position in film production.
10/11/1968Rashtrasant Tukdoji Maharaj passed away. (Samadhee)
4/2/1926The worst Hindu-Muslim riots break out in Calcutta.