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Historical Event on 4/6/1992

Nagpur edition of Marathi newspaper 'Loksatta' was started.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/13/1908Yeshwantrao Hindurao Ghorpade, former ruler and great industrialist, was born.
5/28/1930Bhagwaticharan Vohra, great revolutionary freedom fighter, died near the banks of Ravi river during a bomb testing.
1/16/1916Amat Debananda, politician, was born in Balani village at Orissa .
11/13/1780Maharaja Ranjit Singh, ""Lion of Punjab"", was born.
1/29/1975West Indies won the fifth test against India after winning the exciting cricket series 3-2.
10/11/1999Atal Behari Vajpayee is appointed Prime Minister. Two-tier ministry likely.
2/1/1942No. 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.
12/17/2000The 13-day nationwide postal strike called off.
6/1/1944Liladhar Jagudi, well known Hindi poet, passed away.
3/1/1961The first AN-12B arrived in India. This was added in the force because of the increasing frequency of clashes with Chinese forces on the Sino-lndian Himalayan border and the need that these revealed for yet further increase in airlift capability, together with a requirement for medium helicopters suitable for high-altitude operation, orders were placed in the Soviet Union for eight Antonov An- 12B and 24IL-yushin 11- 14 transport aircraft plus 10 Mi-4 helicopters.