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Historical Event on 3/28/1954
The flight undertook its first VVIP commitment, when it carried the first Prime Minister of India, the Late Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, from Palam to Tilpat range and back to witness the 'Fire Power Demo'. It carried wide spectrum of VVIPs, including the President, the Prime Minister, renowned statesmen, Generals, Luminaries and visiting foreign dignitaries.
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| 9/20/1989 | IPKF suspends its operations against LTTE in Sri Lanka. LTTE, in turn, ceases all operations against the Indian armed forces. |
| 2/14/1914 | Vinaya Kumar Parashar, journalist and social worker, was born at Hemgir, M.P. |
| 8/27/1870 | Sharmajivi Sangha was established in Calcutta by Sashipada Banerji. |
| 4/2/1948 | Communist leader S.A. Dange arrested in Bombay. |
| 10/1/1997 | Ordinance promulgated to ban single digit or instant lotteries. |
| 2/18/1988 | Jan Nayak Karpoori Thakur, freedom fighter, political leader, great social reformer, teacher and national president of Samyukta Socialist Party, passed away. |
| 8/15/1921 | Amrit Rai, novelist and translater, was born . |
| 8/15/1921 | Alauddin Khalji conquered the throne of Delhi. In July declared himself as the Sultan. |
| 5/7/1950 | 81 people died in a rail crash at Patna. A sabotage was suspected. |
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