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Historical Event on 4/1/1918

Royal Air Force replaces Royal Flying Corps in Britain.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/21/1993India announces establishing proof in Pakistan's complicity in Bombay bomb blasts.
4/6/1956Dilip Balwant Vengsarkar, cricketer (prolific Indian batsman 1976-92),was born in Rajapur, Maharashtra. He has received Arjun Award (1981) and Padmashree (1987).
9/29/1977India and Bangladesh signed settlement for distributing Ganga river water.
12/1/1911Dayarnav Raghunath Kopardekar, founder of ""Indrayani Sahitya Prakashan Sanstha"", was born.
5/31/1996J. H. Patel sworn in Karnataka CM.
12/14/1924Ranbir Raj Kapoor, famous film producer, director and actor, was born.
6/19/1990NDC approves approach paper to the Eighth Plan.
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.
11/27/1935Prakash Bhandari, cricketer (3 Tests for India in mid-50's, 77 runs), was born in Delhi
10/10/1899Shripad Amrit Dange, socialist and Trade Union Leader, was born.