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Historical Event on 5/30/1887
The 7th Battalion of the Mechanised Infantry Regiment was raised as 37 DOGRAS by Lt. Col V. Rivas at Sialkot.
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| 11/13/1917 | Vasantrao Banduji Patil, former Chief Minister of Maharashtra, was born. |
| 10/15/1918 | Shirdi ke Saibaba' better known as 'Saibaba' passed away at Shirdi near Nashik, Maharashtra. He was around 70. Born in a Brahmin family at Patri village in Hyderabad, he was saint to all caste and creed people. |
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| 5/11/1991 | Naxalities in Andhra abduct P. Sudhir Kumar, son of the former Union Minister Shiv Shankar. |
| 1/10/1955 | The Auxiliary Air Force squadrons were equipped with the HAL-designed HT-2 trainer - officially introduced into service. |
| 2/3/1992 | Kapil Dev becomes the second highest wicket-taker in Test Cricket when he took his 400th wicket, that of Mark Taylor, in the Perth Test (New Zealand's Richard Hadlee with 431 wickets being the first). |
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| 10/1/1949 | 'Marathi Rangbhumi' , a drama company, established. |
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