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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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| 1/26/1927 | Laxman Madhav Katre, former Indian Air Chief Marshall, was born. |
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| 5/1/1897 | Vivekananda Swami established Ramakrishna Mission. |
| 6/6/1982 | Devraj Ars, former Chief Minister of Karnataka, passed away. |
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