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Historical Event on 8/2/1984
32 people died in a bomb explosion at Meenambakkam Airport.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/23/1805 | Lord Wellesley, Governer General of India, issued a permanent provision for the Delhi Mughal Emperor. |
| 5/23/1805 | Babur's eldest son Humayun ascended the throne. He was, doubtless, a man of parts. |
| 6/24/1961 | Indian Manufactured Supersonic fighter HF24 flew took to air for the first time. |
| 3/3/1982 | Firaq Gorakhpuri ""Raghupati Sahay"", great writer, nationalist and who revolutionised Urdu poetry, died. |
| 2/16/1927 | Rail service started between India and Nepal. |
| 6/18/1997 | Prakash Padukone launches IBC. |
| 9/10/1911 | Jatin Chakravorty, social reformer, politician and trade unionist, was born at Comilla, Bangladesh. |
| 9/10/1911 | Iltutmish, father of Radiya Sultan, died in Delhi. |
| 4/1/1933 | Indian Air Force was established at Drigh Road in Karachi (now in Pakistan). Subroto Mukherjee and four other officers were inducted as pilots when the first Indian Air Force Squadron was formed. The first aircraft flight joined the Indian Air Force, at that time it possessed a strength of six RAF-trained officers and 19 Havai Sepoys (literally, air soldiers); its aircraft inventory comprised four Westland Wapiti II. A army co-operation biplaned at Drigh Road as the ""A"" Flight nucleus of the planned No.1 (Army Co-operation) Squadron. |
| 2/16/1942 | The third IAF unit to operate the Lysander was No.4 Squadron, formed with four aircraft on 16 February 1942. This squadron was to continue to operate the Westland aircraft until it too was re-equipped with the Hurricane in June 1943. |
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