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First Indian aircraft carrier naval fighter vessel ''I.N.S. Vikrant'' was commissioned in Belfast.

4-March-1961

Jamshedji Nasarvanji Tata, famous industrialist and father of modern technology, was born at Navsari near Surat, Gujarat. He started cotton mills in Bombay and Nagpur and founded the Tata Iron and Steel Company, which is one of the largest integrated steel mills in the world.

World Wildlife Day will be celebrated in 2020 under the theme "Sustaining all life on Earth", encompassing all wild animal and plant species as key components of the world's biodiversity.

27-January-1984

First unit of Atomic Energy Production Centre started at Kalpakkam.

24-January-1950

Dr. Rajendra Prasad was elected to become the first President of India and 'Jana Gana Mana....' was accepted as the National Anthem of the country.

23-January-1897

Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, great nationalist leader and freedom fighter, was born at Cuttack. At the age of 23, he was ranked fourth in the I.C.S. Examination in London and fought against the British with his Azad Hind Fauj in the second World War.

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22-January-1992

Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was announced to be given to Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose.

22-January-1963

The National Library for the Blind, the first national institute of its kind, was set up at Dehradun.

12-January-1863

Yuvak Day or Swami Vivekanand Jayanti.

Swami Vivekananda (Narendra Vishwanath Dutta)(1863-1902), dynamic renaissance missionary to West, catalyst of Hindu revival in India and social reformer, was born at Calcutta.

11-January-1986

The first MiG-27M fighter, built under license by Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd, is delivered and inducted into the Indian Air Force.