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Historical Event on 10/20/1962
China mounted a massive attacked in N.E.E.F.A. and Ladakh borders. Chinese army pushed Indians back. The real test of IAF airlift capability came when open warfare erupted on the Sino-lndian border, while operating to the tricky helipads in the mountains, including the operation of C-119Gs from airstrips 17,000 ft (5180m) above sea level in the Karakoram Himalayas, and the air-lifting by An-12Bs of two troops of AMX-13 light tanks to Chushul in Ladakh, where the small airstrip was 15,000 ft (4570m) above sea level.
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| 3/22/1977 | Ayillyath Kuttiari Goplan, freedom fighter, social reformer and Marxist leader, passed away in Trivandrum. |
| 9/30/1999 | A B Vajpayee, Prime Minister, calls upon the people at an election campaign in Lucknow to give him a five-year term. |
| 5/19/1953 | State to control production and distribution of minerals involved in atomic energy development. |
| 3/14/1997 | Veerendra Patil, 73, twice former Chief Minister of Karnataka, passed away. |
| 2/11/1979 | Shankarrao Narayanrao Mohite Patil `Sahakari Maharshi' passed away. |
| 7/22/1998 | Sahib Singh Verma, Delhi Chief Minister, and BJP vice-president K. L. Sharma are fined Rs. 100 each for riding a motorcycle without helmet in New Delhi. |
| 12/7/1979 | First International Children's Films Festival was held in Bombay. |
| 11/28/1956 | Chou En- lai, Chinese Prime Minister, came to India. |
| 11/28/1956 | Guru Arjun Dev, Sikh Guru, was born. |
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