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Historical Event on 12/22/1887

Srinivas Ramanujam, India's greatest mathematician, was born at Erode in Tamil Nadu.

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3/28/1954The flight undertook its first VVIP commitment, when it carried the first Prime Minister of India, the Late Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, from Palam to Tilpat range and back to witness the 'Fire Power Demo'. It carried wide spectrum of VVIPs, including the President, the Prime Minister, renowned statesmen, Generals, Luminaries and visiting foreign dignitaries.
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4/13/1997Paes-Bhupathi corner doubles glory in the Gold Flake Open tennis in Chennai.
9/15/1967Ramkrishnarao Burgula, Chief Minister of Hyderabad, died.
1/26/1950India 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.
8/8/1911Following the end of a heavy monsoon, parts of India were hit by a cholera epidemic.
12/11/1872Rajkhova Benudhar, modern Assamese poet, was born.