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Historical Event on 5/1/1926
Jim Corbett killed the notorious man-eating leopard of Rudraprayag at Gulabrai village, who had attacked and killed about 125 people.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/20/1939 | Ramakant Bhikaji Desai, cricketer (effective pace bowler for India in the 60s), was born in Bombay. |
| 2/14/1999 | Fifth National Games inaugurated at Imphal. |
| 11/26/1949 | Constitution of India was adopted |
| 1/31/1963 | Peacock declared as National Bird of India. |
| 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. |
| 9/6/1995 | Salil Chaudhary, famous music director in Hindi film industry, passed away. |
| 10/30/1976 | Elections to the lower house of the Indian Parliament suspended again until early 1978. |
| 8/6/1951 | Rukmini Lakshmipathi, great social reformer and leader, died. |
| 1/5/1990 | Mohammad Azharuddin was made captain of Indian cricket team. |
| 2/7/1795 | Dutch Prince William V accepts British occupation of Dutch Indies. |
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