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Historical Event on 4/1/1995

The Airports Authority of India (AAI) formed by the merger of IAAI and NAA. AAI manages five international airports, 87 domestic airports and 28 civil enclaves.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/5/1974Virendranath Dasgupta, great revolutionary, died.
1/3/1997Olympian Jaspal Rana sets new national mark in junior men's sports pistol 25 metres in National Shooting in Asansol.
12/20/1993Jaichandran Nair, Colonel Neelkantan, died.
8/8/1990Violent protests rock Bihar against Mandal Commission Report implementation.
8/8/1990Origin of Fasli Era (India).
2/6/1994World Marathi Chember of Commerce' established.
5/5/1929Curfew was imposed in a bid to quell Hindu-Muslim riots that had claimed 21 lives in Bombay.
2/6/1937Baldev Singh, Chahal campaigner, was born.
10/1/1932Indian Milatary Academy became functional with Brigadier LP Collins, DSO, OBE as the Commandant. The first course of 40 GCs had on its rolls Sam Manekshaw, Smith Dun and Mohd Musa, later to be Chiefs of the armies of their respective countries, i.e. India, Burma (now Myanmar) and Pakistan. This training was for a period of two and a half years.
6/13/2000Yashwant Sinha, Finance Minister, announces a one-time settlement of outstanding loans below Rs. 10 crores in a move aimed at ridding the public sector banks of Rs. 51,000 crores of bad loans.