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Historical Event on 2/1/1942
No. 4 Squadron of the IAF was born in the war at Peshawar. The Squadron was first equipped with Lysander aircraft. The Second World War was in its third year and Japanese forces were advancing towards India's eastern frontiers.
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| 11/17/1953 | Sadanand Swaminathan, famous journalist, passed away. |
| 9/23/1903 | Yusuf Meherali, freedom fighter and socialist, was born. |
| 12/4/1796 | Bajirao became the second Peshwa. |
| 11/19/1996 | Krishnarao Shiva Shelvankar, journalist and diplomat, passed away at 90. |
| 2/14/2000 | Mr. B. Rachaiah (78), former Governor of Himachal Pradesh, Kerala and Goa, died in a hospital in Bangalore. |
| 11/15/1920 | Assembly meeting of the League of Nations. |
| 4/13/1947 | Diplomatic relations between India and Russia established. |
| 4/3/1992 | Nagaland brought under President's rule. |
| 1/30/1993 | Congress (I) MLA in Andhra Pradesh P. Balaraju and eight officials kidnapped by the outlawed People's War Group in Visakhapatnam district. |
| 8/2/1877 | Pandit Ravishankar Shukla, former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, lawyer, politician and social worker, was born in Sagar, M.P. |
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