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Historical Event on 1/26/1996

47th Republic Day celebrated;Chief Guest was Fernando Henrique Cardoso, President of Brazil.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/10/1993Santosh Yadav becomes the first Indian woman to reach the Everest for the second time.
12/14/1901Gandhiji reaches Rajkot via Porbunder.
2/21/1990The Bombay Sappers join the club of the select few, who received colours from the President of India (21-2-90).
2/14/1932Madhubala (Mumtaj Begam), film actress, was born.
12/9/1977Ravishankar Mahashankar Rawal, famous painter, passed away.
10/27/1973The first Ladies Police Station started functioning at Calicut in Kerala.
12/24/1999Koneru Humpy won the under-12 boys' title and P. Harikrishna won the Under-14 boys' title at the Asian Youth Chess Championship in Ahmedabad.
4/1/1973India starts a drive to save tigers from extinction.
9/16/2000In an important pronouncement, the Rajasthan High Court declares Jains as a religious minority community and allows teaching institutions set up by them to enjoy minority status under Articles 29 and 30 of the Constitution.
11/13/1917Vasantrao Banduji Patil, former Chief Minister of Maharashtra, was born.