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Historical Event on 1/26/1981
Vayudoot air service started with a flight of a F27, from Guwahati airport. This is the third Indian airline inaugurated.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/27/1924 | Sabu [Dastagir], actor (Elephant Boy, Drum), was born in India. |
| 12/10/1978 | Mother Teresa is awarded the Nobel Peace prize. |
| 10/20/1991 | 6.1-7.1 earthquake in uttar Kashi and three northern districts of UP in the Himalayan foothills kills more than 1,600 people. |
| 7/20/1969 | M. Hidayatullah became the first acting President of India. |
| 3/18/1922 | Mohandas K. Gandhi ""Mahatma,"" the great spirit, sentenced by British authorities to six years in prison for sedition at Sabarmati. Gandhi was sentenced just eight days after he was arrested. The British acted hastily after government officials in London and India were criticized for not arresting him sooner. In London, the Secretary of State for India was forced to resign because of the controversy over Gandhi. In India, the arrests of Gandhi and other Indian nationalists had only increased sympathy for their cause. |
| 8/1/1922 | Ratilal Sankalchand Nayak, educationist and writer, was born at Kadi, Gujarat . |
| 7/3/1760 | Maratha army, under Sadashiv Rao Bhau and Vishvas Rao, captured Dehli. |
| 3/3/1982 | Firaq Gorakhpuri ""Raghupati Sahay"", great writer, nationalist and who revolutionised Urdu poetry, died. |
| 12/14/1946 | Sanjay Gandhi, youth Congress leader, was born in New Delhi. |
| 3/19/1907 | Dr. Dilawar Hussain, right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper, was born. |
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