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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'.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/13/1784East India Company was appointed as the centralised Regulatory Authority through India by Pitt's India Act, which was accepted in British Parliament in England.
12/8/1857Mohsini from Delhi was hanged in jail.
4/18/1959India, Pakistan sign one-year pact on Indus River irrigation.
1/25/1948French India Peoples' Convention, Pondicherry, passed a resolution for complete merger of the French India with the Dominion of India. - G. V. Mavlankar was elected the first Speaker of the Indian Parliament.
12/20/1850Atma Dev, social reformer and religious leader, was born.
4/7/1962Umrigar slams 172* vs WI at Port-of-Spain in 248 minutes.
3/25/1994Buta Singh exonerated by the Akal Takht after 9 years.
12/7/1825First Steam Engine Ship ""Enterprise"" reached Calcutta.
1/5/1995Jitendra Prasad succeeds N.D. Tiwari as UPCC-I chief.
11/27/1993Splendid bowling by Anil Kumble (6 for 12) helps India to beat West Indies by 102 runs in the Hero Cup finals in Calcutta.