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Historical Event on 9/7/1931

Meena Mangeshkar, famous playback singer, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/11/2000Usha Mehta, great Gandhian, passed away.
3/31/1986Bombay Telephone Nigam renamed as Mahanagar Telephone Nigam.
7/25/1982Dr. Neelam Sanjiva Reddy (1913-1996) retired from the post of sixth President.
9/4/1952India returns Peking's famine-relief aid, saying it had political strings attached.
3/22/1906Bhagwant Bhikaji Samant, educationalist, was born.
3/25/1999Arathi Ponnappa,Former National tennis champion, called it quits from competitive tennis in Bangalore.
10/14/1997The two millionth Maruti vehicle rolled out.
10/3/1907Mansukhlal Maganlal Zaveri, famous Gujrati poet and critic, was born.
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.
8/2/1942Gandhi says that the Japanese might be welcomed in India should they invade due to current Indian discontent.