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Historical Event on 5/1/1958

Bell, 47 G3, the flight was upgraded to a helicopter unit with a Sqn Ldr as its Commanding Officer.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/6/1919Mahatma Gandhi declared an All India Strike against the Rollatt Act .This was the first strike.
10/22/1913Harumal Sadarangani, famous Sindhi writer, was born at Sind, Pakistan.
9/10/1915Jatindranath Mukhrjee, great revolutionary, died after being wounded in a pitched battle between the revolutionaries and the police, aided by an army unit, in Balasore.
1/3/1994Stalemate persists on the Kashmir issue during Indo-Pak talks that concluded in Islamabad.
5/23/1942Lt Gen Joseph Stilwell and his men arrive at Dimapur, having retreated 150 miles (240 km) through the Burmese jungle. `We took a hell of a beating,' he said.
2/4/1976Lok Sabha's life extended by one year.
9/1/1989Yasser Arafat chosen for the 1988 Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding.
12/7/1979First International Children's Films Festival was held in Bombay.
7/24/1985Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and Sikh leader Sant Harchand Singh Longowal of Akali Dal signed a peace contract known as 'Punjab Accord' thus ending the four-year agitation in Punjab.
2/27/1993Rupee made fully convertible in Man Mohan Singh's third successive budget.