Rupsi airport, recently seen in news, is located in

Daily Current Affairs Quiz 12 May 2021

Rupsi airport, recently seen in news, is located in

A. Assam

B. Bihar

C. Odisha

D. Karnataka

Explanation:

An airport built for warplanes in 1939 took commercial wings, heralding the best of times for western Assam’s Dhubri district during the worst of times. Rupsi airport near Gauripur, about 15 km from district headquarters Dhubri, was one of South Asia’s largest airports with a 1.8 km runway used by Allied aircraft for supplying arms, manpower and ammunition to forces in Burma and China during World War II.

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