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>> Thursday, January 27, 2011
1930-Indian National Congress declares 26 Jan as Independence Day or as d day 4 Poorna Swaraj(Complete Independence) which occurred 20yrs later.
1950-Constitution of India comes in 2 force forming a republic. Rajendra Prasad is sworn in as its 1st President of India.Observed as Republic Day
1965-Hindi becomes d official language of India
2001-7.9 magnitude earthquake hits Kachchh district in Gujarat causing more than 20,000 deaths