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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
2/5/1949Judgement on Gandhi's murder; Godse and Apte to be executed.
9/4/1980Second Commonwealth Regional Heads of Government Conference in New Delhi.
9/6/1994Prime Minister Narsimha Rao meets with his counterpart Vo Van Kiet at Hanoi. Both countries decide to boost ties.
5/14/1956Govt announces that decimal coinage will be introduced in India from April 1, 1957.
6/13/1997At least 60 persons were feared killed and several injured in a fire in Uphaar Grand cinema in South Delhi.
7/14/1946India grants Siam a 20 year, 3 mil. credit to increase export of Siamese rice.
11/20/1969Gundappa Viswanath scores 137 on Test Cricket debut vs Australia in Kanpur.
3/22/1963World Bank loans India $ 67 mil. to improve its railways.
10/21/1858Ramabai Dongre Medhavi, great social reformer, was born.
10/6/1913V. R. Kant, famous poet, was born.