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Historical Event on 1/26/1950
India became a Republic within the British Commonwealth and the Indian Air Force dropped its ""Royal"" prefix. At this time, it possessed six fighter squadrons of Spitfires, Vampires and Tempests, operating from Kanpur, Poona, Ambala and Palam, one B-24 bomber squadron, one C-47 Dakota transport squadron, one AOP flight, a communications squadron at Palam and a growing training organisation.
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| 3/6/1997 | Indian Ocean Rim Association for Regional Cooperation (IOR-ARC) inaugurated in Mauritius. |
| 5/7/1993 | Jankiraman panel's final report finds that an additional aggregate of Rs. 12,85,549 crore was transacted in banks without any documentation; it indicts 12 more banks for involving in the scam. |
| 10/26/1928 | R.S.Das, a law member of the Viceroy's council, died in Calcutta. |
| 1/2/1899 | Monks started living in Belur Math. |
| 6/12/1970 | Gopinath Kaviraj, Padmavibhushan awardee and critic, passed away. |
| 5/1/1886 | May Day was first observed in Chicago, USA. Work, Social activities, Rest, for 8 Hours. |
| 12/12/1930 | Babu Genu sacrificed his life to stage the boycott of foreign goods. |
| 7/20/1990 | Tamil Nadu Bandh organised by Tamil Nadu Government to protest against the killing of Tamils in Sri Lanka passes off peacefully. |
| 6/3/1916 | Smt. Nathibai Damodar Thakarsey Women's University was established. |
| 1/8/1925 | Mohan Rakesh, veteran Hindi playright, was born. His noted books are ""Aadhe Adhure"" and ""Aashaad Ka Ek Din"". |
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