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Historical Event on 3/25/1954
The first helicopter S-55 arrived ferried to Delhi. The Indian Air Force experience with rotary wing aircraft. It was indeed a 'red letter day' in the history of IAF a befitting gift on its coming of age ' when the first helicopter wearing IAF markings appeared at Palam in the form of a Sikorsky, S-55. Such a swift action, complete involvement and dedication on the part of the crew and technicians was the clear indication of the standards with which One-O-Four set about its tasks for others to emulate.
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| 4/14/1979 | Sanjiva Reddy,President, flagged off the first electric train in Madras. |
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| 4/12/1621 | Guru Teg Bahadur Singh, Sikh Guru, was born. |
| 6/30/1966 | Judge K. Subba Rao became the Chief Justice of India. He held this office till 11/04/1967. |
| 1/25/1999 | Dr. R. Chidambaram, nuclear scientist, among the 14 distinguished personalities chosen for Padma Vibhushan. Sachin Tendulkar and Ruskin Bond get Padma Shri. |
| 9/26/1919 | Rotary Club's first Indian meeting was held. |
| 9/23/1999 | India rejects Pakistan's proposal for an international conference on arms control. |
| 4/22/1915 | Hem Barua, famous Assami and English litterateur, was born. |
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