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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 |
| 1/7/1993 | C. Subramaniam, Maharashtra Governor, resigns. |
| 7/13/1912 | Shriman Narayan, educationist, administrator and diplomat, was born in Etawah, U.P. |
| 5/8/1954 | Indian Government decided to integrate Chandranagar in West Bengal which was under the rule of the French. |
| 3/23/1992 | G. S. Dhillon, former speaker of Lok Sabha, passed away. |
| 4/8/1894 | Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, famous novelist and writer of national song 'Vande Mataram', died at the age of 55. Some of his writings are 'Anandmath' and 'Kapal Kundala'. |
| 4/8/1894 | Portuguese Catholics conquer Goa under Albuquerque, the then Governor, to serve as capital of their Asian maritime empire beginning conquest and exploitation of India by Europeans. |
| 4/4/1947 | San Francisco's Henry Grady chosen the first U.S. ambassador to India. |
| 8/11/1956 | The Lok Sabha passed the States Reorganisation Act. |
| 4/13/1982 | Bindeshwari Prasad Mandal passed away. |
| 5/1/1902 | Tornodo hit Dhaka part of Bengal, claims 416 lives. |
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