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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.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/29/1974 | Lokdal Party established under the presidency of Chaudhary Charansingh. |
| 2/3/1760 | Sadashiv Bhau, under a large Maratha army, defeated the Nizam in war of Udgir. |
| 3/31/1980 | Nirmal Mukherjee, the last Indian Civil Service Officer, retired from service as Cabinet Secretary. |
| 9/11/1958 | India and Pakistan announced that most border disputes between the two countries had been settled. |
| 5/5/1993 | Balak Brahmachari, [Marxist Godman], famous Indian guru, passed away at 73 yrs. |
| 7/21/1977 | K.S. Hegde elected Lok Sabha Speaker. |
| 7/7/1946 | Gandhiji addressed the A.I.C.C. meeting at Bombay; Congress accepted the Cabinet Mission plan of May 16. |
| 2/14/1996 | Supreme Court orders CBI probe into a housing scam in which 8,700 govt. houses were allotted out-of-turn. |
| 4/5/1979 | First Naval Museum of India established in Bombay. |
| 10/29/1990 | Vinod Mehra, famous Hindi film actor, died. |
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