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Historical Event on 3/12/1988
After 58 years in the commemoration of Dandi March, Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi performed the 32 kms Dandi March from Sabarmati Ashram.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/26/1950 | India became a Republic within the British Commonwealth and the Indian Air Force dropped its ""Royal"" prefix. At this time, it possessed six fighter squadrons of Spitfires, Vampires and Tempests, operating from Kanpur, Poona, Ambala and Palam, one B-24 bomber squadron, one C-47 Dakota transport squadron, one AOP flight, a communications squadron at Palam and a growing training organisation. |
| 5/27/1997 | Sri Lanka claims Independence Cup, winning the second match in the best-of-three finals in Calcutta. |
| 12/24/1880 | Pattabhi Sitaramayya, politician and president of Indian National Congress, was born in Andhra Pradesh. |
| 12/13/1989 | Kashmiri militants release the daughter of Indian Home Minister Mufti Mohammed Sayeed as five of their comrades freed from prison. |
| 11/14/1998 | Prominent Indian Government and private entities are targeted in the Clinton Administration Entities List. American Companies are barred from trading with the listed companies. |
| 4/22/1992 | IAF in response to a recommendation by Secretary General, the Security Council adopted resolution No. 751 (1992) by which it established UNOSOM for handling situation which had deteriorated to an extent where death and destruction forced hundreds of thousands of civilians to flee their homes and causing need for emergency humanitarian assistance. |
| 11/1/1954 | French handed over their territories of Pondicherry, Mahe, Karikal and Yanon to the Government of India. |
| 11/13/1901 | War Secretary Brodrick claimed that Boers were killing natives in large numbers. He intended to withdraw troops from India to fight in S. Africa at London. |
| 4/21/1993 | India announces establishing proof in Pakistan's complicity in Bombay bomb blasts. |
| 10/24/1975 | Bounded labour system was abolished by Ordinance |
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