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Historical Event on 1/26/1950
Dr. Rajendra Prasad (1884-1963) became the first President of India. He remained President from Jan. 26,1950 to May 13, 1962.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/1/1988 | The Officers Training School (OTS) was re-christened as Officers Training Academy. Besides training Indian nationals, 74 cadets from Sri Lanka have also been trained at the OTA. |
| 4/9/1695 | Waman Pandit, famous pandit poet, took samadhee at Bhogav. |
| 4/9/1893 | Maha Pandit Rahul Sanskrityayan, politician, professor and Hindi writer, was born at Pandaha, Azamgarh. |
| 5/7/1950 | Punjab Mail train crashed near Jasidh killing 81 persons. |
| 7/17/1976 | Mudliyar A. Ramaswami, Padmabhushan awardee, politician and industrialist, passed away. |
| 5/20/1991 | General Election (10th) of India begins. |
| 1/10/1986 | Pakistan decides to lift 8-year-old ban on private trade with India. |
| 8/22/1993 | The first batch of IAF troops landed in the capital city of Mogadishu. |
| 3/22/1885 | Gulam Yazdani, great archaeologist and critic, was born. |
| 2/25/1995 | Bomb attack on a train in Assam; 27 soldiers killed. |
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