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First Aircraft to be Acquired by the Indian Navy

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Major Priya Jhingan

On March 6, 1993, the first batch of women officers passed out from the Officers Training Academy, Chennai, and …

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The USS Samuel B Roberts sunk in WW2 by the Japanese Navy

The WWI destroyer USS Samuel B Roberts ("DE413") was sunk by the Japanese Navy in Oct 1944 during the …

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Deepest Shipwreck from Any War

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Flown on 30 June 1993

It was flown by Wing Commander Satish Bhatia after which the aircraft was phased out of service. Wing Cdr …

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Last AN-12 Sortie by the IAF

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First Woman Commanding Officer of a Signal Regiment

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First Batch of 13 Women Flight Cadets joined the Academy in Mid-1993

The first batch included Anupama Rao, Lakshmi Deepak, Harita Deol, Bindu Sebastian, Sabitha Banu, Priya Nalgundwar, Priya Paul, Veena …

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First Batch of Women Aviators in the IAF

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Rhodesia (Zimbabwe)

The Rhodesian Bush War (1964-1979), also known as the Second Chimurenga or the Zimbabwe War of Liberation, a guerrilla …

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First Woman Commissioned Officer

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Ulfat Khan

At Republic Day 2024, NCC cadet, captain Ulfat Khan became the first woman Parade Commander at the NCC PM …

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First Woman Commander of an Independent Army Unit in Ladakh

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Nina Singh, IPS

Senior IPS officer Nina Singh became as the first Director General of the Central Industrial Security Force on December …

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Colonel Geeta Rana

Colonel Geeta Rana, a Corps of Electronics and Mechanical Engineers (EME) officer, has assumed command of an independent field …

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First Woman to Lead an All-male Contingent at the Republic Day Parade

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Margaret Bourke-White

Bourke-White was the first known female war correspondent, as well as the first woman to be allowed to work …

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Colonel Madhu Rana

Colonel Madhu Rana is the first officer to take command of a Signal Regiment on 12-Mar-2023.

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First Batch of Naval Agniveer

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Batch of 2597 Agniveer Including 273 Women

Passing Out Parade held at INS Chilka on 28 March 2023 and reviewed by the Chief of Naval Staff.

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World Record for Highest Number of Step-ups in 24 hours

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Irwin Amphitheatre opposite the Purana Qila, now Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium

The first Republic Day parade was held at Irwin Amphitheatre opposite the Purana Qila, now Major Dhyan Chand National …

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Captain Swati Rathore

Captain Swati Rathore is the first woman to lead an all-male contingent at the Republic Day parade in India. …

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First Venue of India's Republic Day Parade

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Harishankar Yadav ex-POELP Indian Navy

The most step ups in 24 hours by a male person is 28,114, and was achieved by Harishankar Yadav …

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First Indian Pilot to Shoot Down an F16

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The Turtle in 1776

The world’s first use of a submarine in warfare took place in 1776 when the American vessel The Turtle …

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Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman

Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman is the first Indian Air Force pilot who became famous for his bravery during the …

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First Indian Pilot to go into Space

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First Use of a Submarine in Warfare

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Occurred on 11 December 1917 during the aftermath of the Houston Riot of 1917

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Squadron Leader Rakesh Sharma

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First Woman Parade Commander at NCC PM Rally

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First Ladakhi Woman Commissioned Officer in the Indian Army

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Lieutenant Rigzin Chorol

Lieutenant Rigzin Chorol became the first woman from Ladakh to be commissioned as an officer in the Indian Army.

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Largest Mass Execution of American Soldiers by the Army

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First Post Office

India’s “first” post office bearing PIN code 193224 is located on the banks of the Kishanganga river, the de …

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On 12 March 2024 Near Jaisalmer

The first crash of the indigeneous fighter jet to occur since its maiden flight 23 years ago. The pilot …

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First Light Combat Aircraft (LCA-Tejas) Crash of the IAF

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First Woman Supreme Commander of the Indian Armed Forces

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Only Pilot to Be Awarded the Param Vir Chakra Posthumously

Flying Officer Nirmal Jit Sekhon was the only IAF officer who was posthumously awarded the Param Vir Chakra for …

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On Tower 22 in Jordan on 28-Jan-24

Late on Sunday, 28 January 2024, a drone struck a remote and lightly defended American outpost in Jordan—known as …

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First Lethal Attack by a Drone on American Troops

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First Woman Subedar in the Indian Army

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Margaret Bourke-White

On 22 January 22 1943, Major Rudolph Emil Flack piloted the lead aircraft with Margaret Bourke-White as the first …

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28 Squadron

Equipped with the first lot of MiG- 21 (F-13 type) aircraft in the IAF, 28 Squadron was raised in …

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First Indian Officer to be Commissioned in the Regiment of Artillery

Lieutenant General Prem Singh Gyani

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Commodore G Douglas

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First Warship to be Named After a City in Northeast India

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Indian military mobilises the movement of formations and troops (especially 8 Division) from the Kashmir valley into Kargil.

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First Woman War Correspondent

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The Indian Army detects significant infiltration by Pakistani soldiers and militants in the Dras, Kaksar, and Mushkoh sectors.

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5-9 MAY

The Indian Army sends patrols to verify the reports; one such patrol goes missing. Heavy shelling by Pakistan occurs, …

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Local shepherds report Pakistani intrusions in the Kargil sector.

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Vajpayee and Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif signed the Lahore Declaration, aiming to foster better relations, peace, and mutual …

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Former President of India Pratibha Patil

The President of India is the Supreme Commander of the Indian Armed Forces. As in most democracies, the Indian …

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First MiG 21 IAF Squadron

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INS Imphal

INS Imphal is the third ship of the Visakhapatnam-class stealth-guided missile destroyer of the Indian Navy. Imphal has the …

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Short Sealand

The first Sealand aircraft arrived in Kochi from the UK on 4 February 1953, and it was inducted into …

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First Woman Carrier-based Fighter Pilot in the US Navy

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Oldest Operating Air Station of the Indian Navy

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Kara S. Hultgreen

Kara S. Hultgreen (5 October 1965 – 25 October 1994) served as a lieutenant in the United States Navy …

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First Woman Director General of CISF

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China's Navy

China's Navy is the largest in the world by number of ships.

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INS Garuda

INS Garuda, an Indian naval air station located in Kochi, was commissioned on 11 May 1953, and it is …

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First Commanding Officer of INS Garuda

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Kara S. Hultgreen

Kara S. Hultgreen (5 October 1965 – 25 October 1994) served as a lieutenant in the United States Navy, …

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First Woman Fighter Pilot in the US Military to Die in a Crash

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Subedar Preeti Rajak

Havildar Preeti Rajak, a renowned trap shooter, has achieved the rank of Subedar, becoming the first woman in the …

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1933 – The name Pakistan is coined by Choudhry Rahmat Ali Khan and is accepted by …

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2023 – First batch of 2597 Naval Agniveer including 273 women pass out in a parade at INS Chilka

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1924 – Six days after his death Lenin's body is carried into a specially erected mausoleum.

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1950 – Republic Day of India

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1945: The United Nations is formally established with the signing of the UN Charter.

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1980 – Mother Teresa is honored with India's highest civilian award, the Bharat Ratna.

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1991 – Former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi is assassinated by a female suicide bomber near Madras.

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2009 – Israel withdraws from the Gaza Strip, officially ending a three-week war it had with Hamas. However, intermittent …

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2021 – Desert Knight-21 conducted between the IAF and the French Air Force.

1972 – Pakistan launches its nuclear …

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1990 – Exodus of Kashmiri Pandits from the Kashmir valley in Indian-administered Kashmir due to an insurgency.

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1945 – World War II: Liberation of Kraków, Poland by the Red Army.

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2006 – The last Mobile army surgical hospital (MASH) is decommissioned by the United States Army.
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1966 – Demise of Lal Bahadur Shastri, Indian academic and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of India.

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Today in 1961, Joseph Heller’s Catch-22 was published.

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1941 – World War II: Allied forces begin the Battle of Keren to capture Keren, Eritrea.

1945 – World …

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1963 – IAF's 28 Squadron is raised in Chandigarh equipped with the first lot of MiG- 21 (F-13 type) …

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1954 – India establishes its highest civilian awards, the Bharat Ratna and the Padma Vibhushan.

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Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee took a bus ride to Lahore, Pakistan, in a gesture of goodwill. This …

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First Aircraft to be Acquired by the Indian Navy

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Major Priya Jhingan

On March 6, 1993, the first batch of women officers passed out from the Officers Training Academy, Chennai, and Major Priya Jhingan of the Judge Advocate General’s (JAG) Branch was the first in order or merit in that course.

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The USS Samuel B Roberts sunk in WW2 by the Japanese Navy

The WWI destroyer USS Samuel B Roberts ("DE413") was sunk by the Japanese Navy in Oct 1944 during the Battle of Samar in the Philippine Sea. It was rediscovered on 22 Jun 22 at a depth of 6865 m, the deepest shipwreck ever to be found.

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Deepest Shipwreck from Any War

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Flown on 30 June 1993

It was flown by Wing Commander Satish Bhatia after which the aircraft was phased out of service. Wing Cdr Bhatia passed away on 13 March 2024.

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Last AN-12 Sortie by the IAF

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First Woman Commanding Officer of a Signal Regiment

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First Batch of 13 Women Flight Cadets joined the Academy in Mid-1993

The first batch included Anupama Rao, Lakshmi Deepak, Harita Deol, Bindu Sebastian, Sabitha Banu, Priya Nalgundwar, Priya Paul, Veena CK, Archana Kapoor, Anisha Shinh, Shweta Mishra, Anjana Achutan and Pamela Pereira. Eventually, seven cadets passed out after the successful completion of the training in December 1994: Harita Deol, Bindu …

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First Batch of Women Aviators in the IAF

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Rhodesia (Zimbabwe)

The Rhodesian Bush War (1964-1979), also known as the Second Chimurenga or the Zimbabwe War of Liberation, a guerrilla conflict between the Zimbabwe African National Liberation Army (ZANLA) and the Rhodesian government, led to the end of white minority rule and the establishment of Zimbabwe, marking the end of …

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First Woman Commissioned Officer

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Ulfat Khan

At Republic Day 2024, NCC cadet, captain Ulfat Khan became the first woman Parade Commander at the NCC PM Rally.

Ulfat hails from Uri in Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla. She is pursuing her BA in English from a Jammu college and was selected from among 2,274 NCC cadets across …

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First Woman Commander of an Independent Army Unit in Ladakh

IPS Nina Singh

Nina Singh, IPS

Senior IPS officer Nina Singh became as the first Director General of the Central Industrial Security Force on December 28, 2023. She joined the CISF in 2021 and served as Additional DG, Special DG, and DG in charge previously. Singh is the recipient of the President’s Police Medal for …

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Colonel Geeta Rana

Colonel Geeta Rana, a Corps of Electronics and Mechanical Engineers (EME) officer, has assumed command of an independent field workshop located in a remote and forward position in eastern Ladakh.

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First Woman to Lead an All-male Contingent at the Republic Day Parade

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Margaret Bourke-White

Bourke-White was the first known female war correspondent, as well as the first woman to be allowed to work in combat zones during World War II. In 1941, she travelled to the Soviet Union just as Germany broke its pact of non-aggression. She was the only foreign photographer in …

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Colonel Madhu Rana

Colonel Madhu Rana is the first officer to take command of a Signal Regiment on 12-Mar-2023.

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First Batch of Naval Agniveer

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Batch of 2597 Agniveer Including 273 Women

Passing Out Parade held at INS Chilka on 28 March 2023 and reviewed by the Chief of Naval Staff.

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World Record for Highest Number of Step-ups in 24 hours

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Irwin Amphitheatre opposite the Purana Qila, now Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium

The first Republic Day parade was held at Irwin Amphitheatre opposite the Purana Qila, now Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium. The then President of India, Dr Rajendra Prasad, inspected the parade and the chief guest on the occasion was the then President of Indonesia, Sukarno. More than 3,000 Armed …

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Captain Swati Rathore

Captain Swati Rathore is the first woman to lead an all-male contingent at the Republic Day parade in India. She led a contingent of 148 soldiers from the Assam Rifles.

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First Venue of India's Republic Day Parade

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Harishankar Yadav ex-POELP Indian Navy

The most step ups in 24 hours by a male person is 28,114, and was achieved by Harishankar Yadav (India) in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India, on 12 Feburary 2022, as certified by the Guinness Book of World Records. Yadav served as a Petty Officer with the Indian Navy.

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First Indian Pilot to Shoot Down an F16

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The Turtle in 1776

The world’s first use of a submarine in warfare took place in 1776 when the American vessel The Turtle attempted to attach a time bomb to the bottom of the British ship Eagle in New York harbour. It was hand-powered and could only accommodate one person aboard. Unfortunately, the …

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Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman

Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman is the first Indian Air Force pilot who became famous for his bravery during the India-Pakistan standoff in 2019 by shooting down a Pakistani F-16 fighter jet and was later captured by Pakistani forces. He was released after three days due to diplomatic efforts by …

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First Indian Pilot to go into Space

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First Use of a Submarine in Warfare

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Occurred on 11 December 1917 during the aftermath of the Houston Riot of 1917

The largest mass execution of American soldiers by the Army occurred on 11 December 1917 during the aftermath of the Houston Riot of 1917. This event saw the hanging of 13 Black soldiers in a single day, which was part of a larger series of executions that totaled 19 …

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Squadron Leader Rakesh Sharma

Squadron Leader Rakesh Sharma is the first Indian astronaut to go to space. He flew aboard the Soviet spacecraft Soyuz T-11 in 1984.

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First Woman Parade Commander at NCC PM Rally

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First Ladakhi Woman Commissioned Officer in the Indian Army

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Lieutenant Rigzin Chorol

Lieutenant Rigzin Chorol became the first woman from Ladakh to be commissioned as an officer in the Indian Army.

She passed out of the Officers Training Academy (OTA) in Chennai. Lt. Chorol lost her husband Rifleman Rigzin Kendal of 3 Ladakh Scouts in a tragic incident while performing his …

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Largest Mass Execution of American Soldiers by the Army

India's First Post Office (Image courtesy: PTI)

First Post Office

India’s “first” post office bearing PIN code 193224 is located on the banks of the Kishanganga river, the de facto Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district with Pakistan-occupied territory just across the stream at a stone’s throw.

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On 12 March 2024 Near Jaisalmer

The first crash of the indigeneous fighter jet to occur since its maiden flight 23 years ago. The pilot ejected safely.

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First Light Combat Aircraft (LCA-Tejas) Crash of the IAF

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First Woman Supreme Commander of the Indian Armed Forces

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Only Pilot to Be Awarded the Param Vir Chakra Posthumously

Flying Officer Nirmal Jit Sekhon was the only IAF officer who was posthumously awarded the Param Vir Chakra for his lone defence of the Srinagar Air Base during the Indo-Pak War of 1971.

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On Tower 22 in Jordan on 28-Jan-24

Late on Sunday, 28 January 2024, a drone struck a remote and lightly defended American outpost in Jordan—known as Tower 22—on the border with Syria, killing three American troops and injuring dozens of others. America blamed Iran-backed militants for the attack. No American soldier has died in an enemy …

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First Lethal Attack by a Drone on American Troops

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First Woman Subedar in the Indian Army

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Margaret Bourke-White

On 22 January 22 1943, Major Rudolph Emil Flack piloted the lead aircraft with Margaret Bourke-White as the first female photographer/writer to fly on a combat mission aboard his 414th Bombardment Squadron B-17F and bombed the El Aouina Airdrome in Tunis, Tunisia.
Bourke-White was also the first female war correspondent.

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28 Squadron

Equipped with the first lot of MiG- 21 (F-13 type) aircraft in the IAF, 28 Squadron was raised in Chandigarh with Wing Commander (later Air Chief Marshal and Chief of Air Staff) Dilbagh Singh taking over its command on March 2, 1963. They are also called The First Supersonics.

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First Indian Officer to be Commissioned in the Regiment of Artillery

Lieutenant General Prem Singh Gyani

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Commodore G Douglas

Commodore G Douglas was the first Commanding Officer of INS Garuda, the oldest operating air station of the Indian Navy.

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First Warship to be Named After a City in Northeast India

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MID-MAY

Indian military mobilises the movement of formations and troops (especially 8 Division) from the Kashmir valley into Kargil.

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First Woman War Correspondent

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10 MAY

The Indian Army detects significant infiltration by Pakistani soldiers and militants in the Dras, Kaksar, and Mushkoh sectors.

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5-9 MAY

The Indian Army sends patrols to verify the reports; one such patrol goes missing. Heavy shelling by Pakistan occurs, hitting Indian ammunition dumps in Kargil.

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3-4 MAY

Local shepherds report Pakistani intrusions in the Kargil sector.

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21-22 FEBRUARY

Vajpayee and Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif signed the Lahore Declaration, aiming to foster better relations, peace, and mutual trust. The declaration, among other things, focused on reducing the risk of accidental or unauthorised use of nuclear weapons and avoiding any ballistic missile tests.

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Former President of India Pratibha Patil

The President of India is the Supreme Commander of the Indian Armed Forces. As in most democracies, the Indian Armed Forces are controlled by the elected political leadership of the Nation - The Government of India. Executive control is exercised sequentially through the Union Cabinet, the Defence Minister, the …

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First MiG 21 IAF Squadron

INS Imphal

INS Imphal

INS Imphal is the third ship of the Visakhapatnam-class stealth-guided missile destroyer of the Indian Navy. Imphal has the unique distinction of being the first warship to be named after a city in the Northeast.

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Short Sealand

The first Sealand aircraft arrived in Kochi from the UK on 4 February 1953, and it was inducted into the Indian Navy on 13 January 1953.

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First Woman Carrier-based Fighter Pilot in the US Navy

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Oldest Operating Air Station of the Indian Navy

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Kara S. Hultgreen

Kara S. Hultgreen (5 October 1965 – 25 October 1994) served as a lieutenant in the United States Navy and was the first female carrier-based fighter pilot in the U.S. Navy.

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First Woman Director General of CISF

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China's Navy

China's Navy is the largest in the world by number of ships.

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INS Garuda

INS Garuda, an Indian naval air station located in Kochi, was commissioned on 11 May 1953, and it is the oldest operating air station of the Indian Navy.

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First Commanding Officer of INS Garuda

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Kara S. Hultgreen

Kara S. Hultgreen (5 October 1965 – 25 October 1994) served as a lieutenant in the United States Navy, and was also the first female fighter pilot in the U.S. military to die in a crash. She died just months after she was certified for combat when her F-14 …

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First Woman Fighter Pilot in the US Military to Die in a Crash

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Subedar Preeti Rajak

Havildar Preeti Rajak, a renowned trap shooter, has achieved the rank of Subedar, becoming the first woman in the Indian Army to hold this position. Joining the Corps of Military Police in December 2022 due to her outstanding performance in trap shooting, Rajak, the first meritorious sportswoman in shooting …

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1915 – World War I: Germany is the first to make large-scale use of poison gas in warfare in the Battle of Bolimów against Russia.

1865 – American Civil War: The United States Congress passes the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, abolishing slavery, and submits it to …

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2023: Henry Kissinger dies at 100

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2020 – The World Health Organization declares the COVID-19 pandemic to be a Public Health Emergency of International Concern.

1972 – Pakistan leaves the Commonwealth of Nations in protest of its recognition of breakaway Bangladesh.

1956 – In the United States, Civil Rights Movement leader Martin Luther King Jr.'s …

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Data Privacy Day

1933 – The name Pakistan is coined by Choudhry Rahmat Ali Khan and is accepted by Indian Muslims who then thereby adopted it further for the Pakistan Movement seeking independence.

1547 – Edward VI, the nine-year-old son of Henry VIII, becomes King of England on his …

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2023 – First batch of 2597 Naval Agniveer including 273 women pass out in a parade at INS Chilka

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1924 – Six days after his death Lenin's body is carried into a specially erected mausoleum.

1916 – World War I: The British government passes the Military Service Act that introduces conscription in the United Kingdom.[10]

1606 – Gunpowder Plot: The trial of Guy Fawkes and other conspirators begins, …

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1950 – Republic Day of India

1930 – The Indian National Congress declares 26 January as Independence Day or as the day for Poorna Swaraj (" Complete Independence ") which occurred 17 years later.

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1945: The United Nations is formally established with the signing of the UN Charter.

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1980 – Mother Teresa is honored with India's highest civilian award, the Bharat Ratna.

1945 – World War II: The Battle of the Bulge ends.

1533 – Henry VIII of England secretly marries his second wife Anne Boleyn.

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1915 – World War I: British Grand Fleet battle cruisers under Vice-Admiral Sir David Beatty engage Rear-Admiral Franz von Hipper's battle cruisers in the Battle of Dogger Bank.

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1849 – Second Anglo-Sikh War: The Siege of Multan ends after nine months when the last Sikh defenders of Multan, Punjab, surrender.

1917 – American entry into World War I: President Woodrow Wilson of the still-neutral United States calls for "peace without victory" in Europe.

1901 – Edward VII …

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1991 – Former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi is assassinated by a female suicide bomber near Madras.

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2009 – Israel withdraws from the Gaza Strip, officially ending a three-week war it had with Hamas. However, intermittent fire by both sides continues in the weeks to follow.

1919 – A revolutionary Irish parliament is founded and declares the independence of the Irish Republic. One of the first …

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2021 – Desert Knight-21 conducted between the IAF and the French Air Force.

1972 – Pakistan launches its nuclear weapons program, a few weeks after its defeat in the Bangladesh Liberation War, as well as the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971.

1265 – The first English parliament to include not …

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1990 – Exodus of Kashmiri Pandits from the Kashmir valley in Indian-administered Kashmir due to an insurgency.

1946 – General Douglas MacArthur establishes the International Military Tribunal for the Far East in Tokyo to try Japanese war criminals.

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1945 – World War II: Liberation of Kraków, Poland by the Red Army.

1941 – World War II: British troops launch a general counter-offensive against Italian East Africa.

1919 – World War I: The Paris Peace Conference opens in Versailles, France.

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1946 – Sailors of the Royal Indian Navy mutiny in Bombay harbour, from where the action spreads throughout the Provinces of British India, involving 78 ships, twenty shore establishments and 20,000 sailors

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1781 – American Revolutionary War: Battle of Cowpens: Continental troops under Brigadier General Daniel Morgan defeat British forces under Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton at the battle in South Carolina.

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2006 – The last Mobile army surgical hospital (MASH) is decommissioned by the United States Army.
1985 – Hezbollah is founded.
1960 – The U.S. Navy submarine USS Triton begins Operation Sandblast, setting sail from New London, Connecticut, to begin the first submerged circumnavigation of the globe.
1959 – Fidel Castro becomes …

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2002 – War in Afghanistan: The UN Security Council unanimously establishes an arms embargo and the freezing of assets of Osama bin Laden, al-Qaeda, and the remaining members of the Taliban.

1945 – World War II: Adolf Hitler moves into his underground bunker, the so-called Führerbunker.

1942 – The …

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Indian Army Day

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1911 – Raising Days of Indian Army's Corps of Signals. It was raised as a separate entity under Lieutenant Colonel S H Powell.

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2019 – Pulwama Attack: A convoy of vehicles carrying Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) on the Jammu–Srinagar National Highway was attacked by a vehicle-borne suicide bomber at Lethapora in the Pulwama district in Jammu and Kashmir killing 40 Indian personnel and the perpetrator—Adil Ahmad Dar—who was a local Kashmiri …

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1761 – The Third Battle of Panipat is fought in India between the Afghans under Ahmad Shah Durrani and the Marathas.

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1991 – Gulf War: Two laser-guided "smart bombs" destroy the Amiriyah shelter in Baghdad. Allied forces said the bunker was being used as a military communications outpost, but over 400 Iraqi civilians inside were killed.

1951 – Korean War: Battle of Chipyong-ni, which represented the "high-water mark" of the …

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1919 – The Jallianwala Bagh massacre

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1849 – Second Anglo-Sikh War: Battle of Chillianwala: British forces retreat from the Sikhs.

1942 – World War II: First use of an aircraft ejection seat by a German test pilot in a Heinkel He 280 jet fighter.

1815 – War of 1812: British troops capture Fort Peter in …

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Keren Day – Battle Honor Keren 4 RAJRIF

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Remembrance Day (also known as Poppy Day)

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1966 – Demise of Lal Bahadur Shastri, Indian academic and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of India.

2014 – Demise of Muhammad Habibur Rahman, Indian-Bangladeshi jurist and politician, Prime Minister of Bangladesh.

1972 – East Pakistan renames itself Bangladesh.

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1998 – National Technology Day in India. A day to honor the remarkable achievements in military technology. On this date in 1998, India's successful test firing of the Shakti-I nuclear missile showcased its prowess in defense capabilities.

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Today in 1961, Joseph Heller’s Catch-22 was published.

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1966 – The Tashkent Declaration was signed between India and Pakistan.

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1945: Germany signs the Instrument of Surrender ending World War II

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1993 – The first batch of Women Officers passes out from the Officers Training Academy in Chennai marking the entry of Women Commissioned Officers in the Indian Army.

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1941 – World War II: Allied forces begin the Battle of Keren to capture Keren, Eritrea.

1945 – World War II: General Douglas MacArthur returns to Manila.


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Kashmir Solidarity Day (Pakistan)

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1963 – IAF's 28 Squadron is raised in Chandigarh equipped with the first lot of MiG- 21 (F-13 type) aircraft with Wing Commander (later Air Chief Marshal and Chief of Air Staff) Dilbagh Singh in command. They are called The First Supersonics.

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1954 – India establishes its highest civilian awards, the Bharat Ratna and the Padma Vibhushan.

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21 FEBRUARY

Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee took a bus ride to Lahore, Pakistan, in a gesture of goodwill. This was seen as a major peace initiative between the two nuclear-armed neighbours.

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