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Historical Event on 10/1/1932
Indian Milatary Academy became functional with Brigadier LP Collins, DSO, OBE as the Commandant. The first course of 40 GCs had on its rolls Sam Manekshaw, Smith Dun and Mohd Musa, later to be Chiefs of the armies of their respective countries, i.e. India, Burma (now Myanmar) and Pakistan. This training was for a period of two and a half years.
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| 3/16/1977 | Sixth General Election of India begins. |
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| 11/3/1996 | Deve Gowda, PM, to attend G-15 summit in Harare. This was his first foreign trip as PM. |
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| 5/9/1981 | Durga Bai Deshmukh passed away at Hyderabad. She was a social reformer, freedom fighter, planner, administrator, educationist and parliamentarian. She worked for peace, social welfare and for betterment of the downtrodden. |
| 9/25/1999 | Eighth SAF Games inaugurated in Kathmandu. |
| 1/31/2000 | All seven accused in the Jain hawala case discharged. |
| 11/5/1956 | University Grants Commission Act sets up UGC. |
| 2/19/1994 | IRBM Agni Missile test fired successfully for the third time. |
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