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Historical Event on 10/20/1962

The first IAFunit No. 2 squadron re-equipped with the Gnat at Ambalan and No.9 squadron soon followed suit.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/17/1798Rani Shiromani anounced to attack the British Army.
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8/2/1922Pieter de Carpentier, flemish Governor General of Dutch East-Indies, was born.
1/20/1992Australia beat India 2-0 to win the World Series Cup.
4/1/1962Metric weights became compulsory as New Weights and Measurements Metric system was intoduced by Indian Government.
7/3/1972Shimla Non-Arm Agreement on Kashmir signed between Indira Gandhi and Z. A. Bhutto.
8/26/1909Dr.Moti Chandra, great historian, was born.
3/5/1916Biju Patnaik, famous Oriya leader and Chief Minister, was born.
9/10/1943Satyendra Chandra Bardhan, Vakkom Abdul Khader, Fouja Singh, Boniface Pereira and Anandan were hanged on charges of conspiracy to ""wage war against the King"" under the Ememy Agents Ordinance (which was given retrospective effect) at Madras Jail. They sang Vande Mataram and shouted ""Bharat Mata Ki Jai"" when they were being hanged.
11/15/1993Supreme Court rules that the CEC is supreme