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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 |
| 1/14/1998 | Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to M. S. Subbualakshmi (b 1916). |
| 4/21/1946 | Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan, cricket (Indian off-spinner, Test umpire, ICC referee), was born in Madras. He received Arjun Award (1971). |
| 5/9/1996 | Kerala CM A.K. Antony resigns. |
| 10/2/1979 | Operation (Milk) Flood-II launched. |
| 7/27/1949 | Agreement reached on the ceasefire line in Kashmir. |
| 1/25/1824 | Micheal Madhusudan Dutta, Bengali poet and dramatist, was born in Sagardari village of Jessore district. |
| 5/1/1915 | Rameshwar Shukla 'Anchal', modern Hindi poet, novelist and essay writer, was born. |
| 5/22/1996 | Ravi Shastri appointed UNICEF's national ambassador for children. |
| 8/25/1997 | 10,000 people residing in low lying areas in Gujarat shifted to safer places following incessant rains for two days. Death toll mounts to 265. |
| 3/14/1997 | Veerendra Patil, 73, twice former Chief Minister of Karnataka, passed away. |
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