Politics · January 26, 1950

Constitution of India

Name: Constitution of India
Start: 1950-01-26
Location: India

76 years ago · India

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The Constitution of India is the supreme legal document of India, and the longest written national constitution in the world.

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1918–1989

Nicolae Ceaușescu

Nicolae Ceaușescu (8 February 1918 – 25 December 1989) was a Romanian politician who was the second and last leader of Communist Romania as general secretary of the Romanian Communist Party from 1965 until his overthrow and execution in 1989.

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1880–1964

Douglas MacArthur

Douglas MacArthur (26 January 1880 – 5 April 1964) was an American general.

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José Mourinho

José Mário dos Santos Mourinho Félix (European Portuguese pronunciation:; born 26 January 1963) is a Portuguese professional football manager and former player who is the head coach of La Liga club Real Madrid. Nicknamed "The Special One", he is one of the most decorated managers of all time.

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1925–2008

Paul Newman

Paul Leonard Newman (January 26, 1925 – September 26, 2008) was an American actor, filmmaker, racecar driver, philanthropist, and entrepreneur. He has been described as "one of the last of the great 20th-century movie stars".

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1699

Treaty of Karlowitz

The Treaty of Karlowitz, concluding the Great Turkish War of 1683–1699, in which the Ottoman Empire was defeated by the Holy League at the Battle of Zenta, was signed in Karlowitz (present-day Sremski Karlovci, Serbia), in the Military Frontier of the Habsburg Monarchy, on 26 January 1699.

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1934

German–Polish declaration of non-aggression

The German–Polish declaration of non-aggression, also known as the German–Polish non-aggression pact, was an agreement between Nazi Germany and the Second Polish Republic that was signed on 26 January 1934 in Berlin.

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1956

1956 Winter Olympics

The 1956 Winter Olympics, officially known as the VII Olympic Winter Games (Italian: VII Giochi olimpici invernali or VII Giochi olimpici d'inverno) and commonly known as Cortina d'Ampezzo 1956 (Ampezzan Ladin: Anpezo 1956), were a multi-sport event held in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, from 26 January to 5 February 1956.

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1991

Somali Civil War

The Somali Civil War (Somali: Dagaalkii Sokeeye ee Soomaaliya; Arabic: الحرب الأهلية الصومالية al-ḥarb al-’ahliyya aṣ-ṣūmāliyya) is an ongoing civil war that is taking place in Somalia. It grew out of resistance to the military junta led by Siad Barre during the 1980s.

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