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Historical Event on 1/1/1956
No. 20 Squadron, Indian Air Force's first jet squadron equipped with Vampires, was formed and christened 'The Lightnings'.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/23/1973 | Sambamurthy Pichhu, famous musician of Madras, died. |
| 10/30/1991 | Bansilal Ladda, veteran freedom fighter and law expert, passed away. |
| 4/3/1926 | Muslim-Hindu riots destroy temples, killing 12, wounding 100 in Calcutta. |
| 9/6/1995 | Salil Chaudhary, famous music director in Hindi film industry, passed away. |
| 7/13/1660 | Baji Prabhu Deshpande, one of the warriors in Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj's kingdom, died. |
| 11/9/1999 | Prof. Romila Thapar, historian, is elected to the highest British academic honour. |
| 5/19/1969 | Cyclone hit Andhra Pradesh claiming 608 lives and rendering 20,000 homeless. |
| 8/6/1965 | Indian troops invade Pakistan. |
| 8/27/1781 | Haider Ali and the Britishers fought the battle of Pallilore. |
| 1/31/1896 | Dattatray Ramchandra Bendre, Bhartiya Gyanpeeth Award winner and Kannad poet, was born. |
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