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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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10/4/1997	Indian National Satellite (INSAT-2D), fourth satellite in INSAT-2 series, became inoperable due to power bus anomaly. This satellite had capabilities such as mobile satellite service, business communication and television outreach beyond Indian boundaries.
11/1/2000	T. R. Prasad was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He holds this office till date.
8/27/1781	Haider Ali and the Britishers fought the battle of Pallilore.
4/14/1919	Gandhiji confesses at Nadiad his ""Himalayan Miscalculation"" regarding satyagraha martial law declared in Punjab.
1/1/1997	30-year Ganga water sharing treaty between India and Bangladesh takes effect.
8/15/1921	Amrit Rai, novelist and translater, was born .
10/26/1999	The Government rejected the demand that Rajiv Gandhi's name be deleted from the chargesheet in the Bofors case.
1/26/1993	Sub Lt. Rubi Singh of the Navy becomes the first woman in India to lead an armed force contingent in the Republic Day parade at New Delhi; British PM John Major attends as the first ever British head of Government as Chief Guest.
4/22/1999	Lok Sabha passes the 1999-2000 general budget through voice vote but without a debate and without amendments.
7/16/1996	The four basin states of Narmada valley - Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra - reach agreement to raise the height of Sardar Sarovar dam in Gujarat to 436' after which hydrological studies will be done for 5 years to decide whether the height should be raised to the awarded 455'.

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