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Historical Event on 1/26/1950

India is proclaimed a Sovereign Democratic Republic ceasing to be a British dominion and adopted Indian Constitution which came into force.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/21/1930A raid of nationalists on salt works in Dharasana results in 630 casualties and the arrest of Mrs. Naidy, leader of the civil disobedience campaign.
8/20/1991India's Ambassador to Romania J.F.Ribeiro shot by Sikh extremists in Bucharest.
5/9/1996J. Jayalalitha, Tamil Nadu CM, resigns.
3/28/1917Umesh Chandra Panigrahi, great author and journalist, was born at Raruan, Orissa.
2/1/2000The Centre decides to place almost all items under the automatic approval route for foreign direct investment and NRI and OCB investments.
6/26/1991Sharad Pawar joins Union Cabinet as Defence Minister.
8/1/1986Amnesty scheme for evaders of taxes announced.
2/1/1985Muhammad Azharuddin created a world record at Kanpur by hitting a century in each of his first three test.
4/22/1998India and Bangladesh resolve to work together to ''root out terrorism'', push bilateral trade and harness river waters of the region.
3/25/1927Leslie Claudius, India field hockey (Olympic-gold-1948, 52, 56), was born.