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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
4/2/1992Agajan Baig (Aga), famous Hindi film actor, passed away.
4/3/1999India's INSAT-2E multipurpose telecommunications satellite is successfully launched from the Kourou space station in French Guyana.
10/24/1904Lalchand Hirachand, famous industialist, was born.
12/3/1993Bahadur Prasad wins silver in 1500 m in Asian Track and Field meet in Manila.
3/27/2000Mohan Bagan lifts title in the National Football league in Calcutta.
3/21/1997Foreign currency reserves of RBI stand at $16 billions, which was a record of sorts.
1/29/1953Dattatreya Balkrishna Kalelkar ""Kaka Saheb"" was appointed as the Chairman of the Backward Classes Commission.
1/4/1906Prince of Wales laid the foundation stone of Victoria Memorial Hall at Calcutta.
11/17/199941 more ministers are inducted into the Ram Prakash Gupta Ministry in Uttar Pradesh taking the strength of the ministry to 91.
9/1/1913Snehangshu Kanta Acharya, politician, social reformer, lawyer and athelete, was born.