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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'.

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8/12/1966Mihir Sen swam Dadenelis.
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6/30/1979R. D. Singh became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation. He was there in this office till 24 Jan. 1980.
7/31/1995Rishang Keshing,Manipur CM, wins the vote of confidence.
12/7/1979Ramandeep Singh Gill, Soccer(Football) player, was born in Oslo, Norway.
7/13/1913Tulsi Prasad Khaitan, great industrialist, was born in Chandi village, Bihar .
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10/11/1991Resident Editor of Nagpur Times Ramnarayan Dube assassinated.
4/1/1936Orissa state was formed as a province of British India separating from Bihar.
1/27/1988The first ever helicopter mail service was inaugurated at Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The first flight was from Port Blair to Havelock Island and its inaugurated by the Governer of Andaman and Nicobar Island.