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Historical Event on 01/08/1025
Sultan Mehmood completely destroyed the Temple of Somnath.
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| 1/16/1985 | Balram Jakhar elected Speaker of the Lok Sabha. |
| 7/17/1992 | Lok Sabha rejects no-trust motion. |
| 7/15/1986 | Sandhya Agarwal made 190 runs in third Womens Test Cricket setting a new record in England. |
| 3/7/1647 | Guru Dadaji Konddev, master of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, died. |
| 1/26/1950 | India became a Republic within the British Commonwealth and the Indian Air Force dropped its ""Royal"" prefix. At this time, it possessed six fighter squadrons of Spitfires, Vampires and Tempests, operating from Kanpur, Poona, Ambala and Palam, one B-24 bomber squadron, one C-47 Dakota transport squadron, one AOP flight, a communications squadron at Palam and a growing training organisation. |
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| 7/15/1992 | Lucknow High Court stays any construction activity near the disputed temple in Ayodhya. |
| 10/9/1942 | Bibi Amar Kaur, freedom fighter, successfully hoisted the national flag at Jail Gate of Lahore. She was then arrested and send to Ambala Jail. |
| 4/15/1883 | Narhar Raghunath Phatak, famous journalist and historian, was born. |
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