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Historical Event on 12/1/1942

No. 8 Squadron was raised meanwhile, absorbing the remaining coastal defence flight personnel.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/2/1999In Jammu and Kashmir, nine people are killed by unidentified militants.
8/9/1966Heroes of the 1942 movement were honoured at a rally in Red Fort.
8/15/1947Hindu-Muslim association in Calcutta.
10/24/1851First official telegraph line was opened between Calcutta and Daimond Harbour spanning 33.8 km.
1/15/1965Food Corporation of India inaugurated in Madras.
6/22/1975National Emergency was declared and censorship introduced.
9/20/1932Gandhiji commences ""fast unto death"" (hunger strike) in Poona prison to secure abolition of separate electorates for Harijans and untouchables.
8/19/1903Gangadhar Devram Khanolkar, biographer and critic, was born.
12/13/1989Kashmiri militants release the daughter of Indian Home Minister Mufti Mohammed Sayeed as five of their comrades freed from prison.
2/2/1982Mohanlal Purushottamdas Sukhadia, Chief Minister of Rajasthan, freedom fighter, passed away. He was the Chief Minister of Rajasthan from 1954-1971. He introduced Panchayati Raj in Rajasthan and worked for its industrialisation also.