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Historical Event on 5/1/1958
Bell, 47 G3, the flight was upgraded to a helicopter unit with a Sqn Ldr as its Commanding Officer.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/17/1943 | Indian troops retreat from Rathedaung to Buthidaung in the face of a renewed Japanese offensive on the Arakan front in Burma. |
| 12/10/1978 | Mother Teresa is awarded the Nobel Peace prize. |
| 9/26/1923 | Dev Anand, film producer, director and actor, was born. |
| 7/25/1958 | Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, inaugurated. |
| 1/18/1971 | Barrister Nath Pai, freedom fighter and member of parliament, passed away at the age of 49. |
| 1/24/1999 | The Orissa police arrest 47 persons in connection with the killing of the Australian missionary. |
| 3/22/1947 | India's Last Viceroy Lord Louise Mountbatten came to India. |
| 5/28/1968 | Bhagwan Gopinathji Bhan, was a mystic saint of early 20th century Kashmir in India. He has been called a ""jivanmukta"" (liberated soul) or ""Aghoreshwar"" and his spiritual state has been described as ""Shambhavi Avastha"" (state of Shiva), died. He was a great devotee of Shiva and Shakti and took intense "Sadhana". His disciples and devotees set up an ashram at Kharyar in Srinagar in his name. |
| 3/20/1782 | Colonel James Tod, author and researcher of Rajput history, was born. |
| 3/20/1782 | ShahJahan, Mughal emperor of India, was born at Lahore. |
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