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Historical Event on 3/10/1954

The history of 104 HU, the most prestigious and the oldest Helicopter Unit of the IAF, is studded with more than four decades of glorious past and yeomen service rendered to the country. One-O-Four was raised as Helicopter Flight at Palam on 10th March 1954.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/28/1996India opens its office (based in Gaza city) in the area under the Palestinian Authority.
12/17/1990N. Janardhan Reddy sworn in as CM of Andhra Pradesh.
3/12/1917Googie Withers, actress (1 of Our Aircraft is Missing), was born in Karachi, India.
4/8/1993Dasarath Deb, veteran tribal leader, elected leader of the Left and Democratic Front legislature party in Tripura.
1/31/1946Subroto Guha, cricketer (right arm swing bowler for India 1967-69), was born in Calcutta.
4/1/1969India's first Atomic Energy Reactor started at Tarapore.
10/12/1967Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia also known as "Dauntless Dr. Lohia", freedom fighter, social reformer and socialist leader, died at the Willingdon Nursing Home, New Delhi. He had founded the 'Praja Socialist Party' in 195
12/31/1966Bishen Singh Bedi made his Test Cricket debut vs West Indies at Calcutta.
8/27/1958Metric system of weights and measures introduced.
3/11/1984India's first modern boas `Jalusha' started from Vishakhapattanam.