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Historical Event on 12/15/1943
The Vengeance suffered numerous defects and teething troubles, necessitating temporary withdrawal from the two IAF squadrons, but the problems were eventually mitigated if not eradicated, and No. 8 Sqn flew its first operational Vengeance sorties against Japanese targets from Double Moorings, Chittagong.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/19/1857 | The trial on Raja Nahar Singh, who was arrested and then was prisioned at Metcalfe House, began on Saturday at 1100 hrs at Delhi. |
| 5/13/1967 | Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888-1975) retired from the post of second President. |
| 7/13/1974 | India's first one-day international was played vs England at Headingley. |
| 11/17/1994 | Dr. Harbhajan Singh, Punjabi poet, wins Saraswati Samman. |
| 9/8/1953 | Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah, Premier of Kashmir, was shot at. |
| 6/30/1817 | Dadabhai Navroji, veteran leader and industrialist, died. |
| 7/22/1956 | Quake shatters town of Anjar; claiming 117 lives, 800 people were missing. |
| 1/15/1921 | Babasaheb Anantrao Bhosle, eighth Chief Minister of Maharashtra, was born. |
| 9/15/1967 | Ramkrishnarao Burgula, Chief Minister of Hyderabad, died. |
| 5/7/1907 | Rajbali Pandey, famous poet, was born. |
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