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Historical Event on 10/1/1981

Activists of the Dal Khalsa, who masterminded the hijacking of Indian Airlines plane. arrested.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/15/1990India successfully test fires 'Akash', an advanced medium range surface to air missile.
1/8/1973Nanasaheb Parulekar, father of 'Sakal' newspaper, died.
9/9/1981Phiroz Edulji Palia, cricketer (two Tests for India, 29 runs & 0/13), died.
4/21/1955Avadi session of the Indian National Congress adopts a socialistic pattern of society for India.
9/21/1992The Officers Training School (OTS) women were inducted into the Army as Officers, and the onerous task of training the Lady Cadets of WSES (O) courses commenced at the OTS.
11/15/1913Ravindranath Tagore (1861-1941), received the message that he was awarded with Noble Prize in literature for his collection of poems ""Gitanjali"" . He was the first Indian to be awarded with Nobel Prize. (13 or 15)
8/27/1976Major-General (Kumari) Gertude Ali Ram, the first women General in Indian Army, was appointed as the first Director of Military Nursing Services at the Army Headquarters.
5/25/1933All young Hindus aged between 12 and 25 years were forced to carry identity cards to prevent spread of terrorism.
12/6/1907Revolutionaries looted Chingaripota station.
7/18/1980Second Experimental launch of Space Launch Vehicle -3 (SLV-3) by Indian made 35 kilogram Rohini satellite (RS-1) successfully placed in orbit. It was used for measuring in-flight performance of second experimental launch of SLV-3. The launch took from Sriharikota and India became the sixth nation to put a satellite into orbit.