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Historical Event on 4/5/1979

First Naval Museum of India established in Bombay.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/3/1891Office of Superintendent of Immigration (Treasury Dept) created.
4/1/1933Indian Air Force was established at Drigh Road in Karachi (now in Pakistan). Subroto Mukherjee and four other officers were inducted as pilots when the first Indian Air Force Squadron was formed. The first aircraft flight joined the Indian Air Force, at that time it possessed a strength of six RAF-trained officers and 19 Havai Sepoys (literally, air soldiers); its aircraft inventory comprised four Westland Wapiti II. A army co-operation biplaned at Drigh Road as the ""A"" Flight nucleus of the planned No.1 (Army Co-operation) Squadron.
3/1/1818Singhgad won by the Britishers after the end of Peshwa kingdom.
1/7/1685Gerard George Clifford, Dutch director of East India Company, was born.
6/13/1995India and France sign Bilateral Investment Protection pact.
6/9/1948Laloo Prasad Yadav, former Chief Minister of Bihar, was born.
6/24/1986Government announced that unmarried mothers under its employment would also get maternity leave.
10/16/1906Shankar Damodar Chitale, famous author and teacher, was born in Secundarabad.
5/26/1739Afghanistan was separated from the Indian empire as a result of a treaty signed between Mughal Emperor Muhammad Shah and Nadir Shah.
5/27/1930Maulana Abul Kalam Azad was arrested during Salt Movement.