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Historical Event on 3/10/1954

The history of 104 HU, the most prestigious and the oldest Helicopter Unit of the IAF, is studded with more than four decades of glorious past and yeomen service rendered to the country. One-O-Four was raised as Helicopter Flight at Palam on 10th March 1954.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/24/1924Virendrakumar Bhattacharya, Gyanpeeth award winner and Assamia novelist, was born.
11/18/1937Rajinder Pal, cricketer (pace bowler in one Test India v Eng, 0-22), was born in Delhi.
5/7/1908Sudhabala alias Ermaline was born in Bombay. She was a film actress. Her first film was 'Hothal Padmini' (1925). Some of her films are Kicks of Kismet, Tained Virtue, Red Signal, Wise Fool, Hoor-E-Bagdad.
7/31/1992Thailand Airlines crashed in Himalayan Range, 113 persons died.
8/15/1990Uttar Maharashtra University was established.
3/16/1946Alladiya Khan, famous singer of Kolhapur Darbar, passed away.
9/23/1908Ramdhari Singh Dinkar, famous Hindi poet, was born.
3/16/1910Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi, cricketer (Nawab of Pataudi sr, England & India), was born in Pataudi, Punjab.
11/22/1718Durgadas Rathore, social reformer, died on the banks of the Sipra at Ujjain.
10/3/1977Indira Gandhi arrested on charges of official corruption in New Delhi.