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Historical Event on 1/31/2000
All seven accused in the Jain hawala case discharged.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/8/1673 | Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj conquered the fort of Panhala. |
| 4/10/1901 | Amiya Chakravarty, educationist, was born at Serampore in West Bengal. |
| 1/24/1950 | Dr. Rajendra Prasad became the first President of India. |
| 10/13/1978 | Maharashtra branch of Forward Block Party merged in Indira Congress. |
| 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. |
| 11/9/1997 | Poonam Chibber, Miss Canada, crowned seventh Miss India Worldwide. |
| 10/5/1864 | Cyclone destroyed most of Calcutta city in which approximately 50,000 people died. |
| 1/17/1997 | Government rules out granting dual citizenship to NRIs. |
| 3/11/1903 | Shrinagesh M. M, former General, was born. |
| 3/8/1948 | Air India International was established for overseas services. |
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