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Historical Event on 3/12/1944
No. 7 Squadron, which had flown its Vengeances on some missions against dissident tribesmen in North Waziristan, started operations in the Arakan from an airstrip at Uderbund near Kumbigram.
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| 10/26/1937 | Pandit Hridaynath Mangeshkar, famous music director, was born. |
| 3/30/1908 | Devika Rani, famous film actress, was born. |
| 12/15/1803 | East India Company captured Orrisa state. |
| 8/7/1990 | Union Cabinet approves setting up of Indian Broadcasting (Programme) Service. |
| 7/18/1947 | Indian Independence Act, signed by King George VI, was proclaimed as Indian Freedom Act, 1947. |
| 8/20/1985 | Sant Harchand Singh Longowal, a ragi, reluctant politician and Sikh leader, died. He was shot by Sikh extremists at Sherpur. |
| 9/4/1967 | 6.5 earthquake at Koyna Dam in Maharashtra kills 200 people. |
| 5/23/1895 | Shivprasad Sitar-E-Hind passed away. |
| 8/20/1915 | Devraj Ars, former chief minister of Karnataka, was born. |
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