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2026-01-28

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Ajit Pawar
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Ajit Pawar

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Ajit Anantrao Pawar was an Indian politician who served as Maharashtra's longest-serving deputy chief minister for more than eight years between 2010 and 2026 for six terms. He held the office under various governments, including the cabinets of Prithviraj Chavan, Devendra Fadnavis, Uddhav Thackeray, and Eknath Shinde.

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Border 2
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Border 2 is a 2026 Indian Hindi-language epic action war film co-written and directed by Anurag Singh. A standalone sequ…

Sharad Pawar
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Sharad Pawar
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Sharadchandra Govindrao Pawar is an Indian politician and a Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha since 2020. Pawar served t…

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On This Day

10 events
1986
Space_Shuttle_Challenger_disaster
The Space Shuttle Challenger disintegrated 73 seconds into its tenth mission (video featured), killing all seven crew members.
1984
Tropical_Storm_Domoina
Tropical Storm Domoina made landfall in southern Mozambique, causing some of the most severe flooding recorded in the region.
1981
Ronald_Reagan
U.S. president Ronald Reagan lifted price controls from petroleum products, contributing to the 1980s oil glut.
1964
North_American_Sabreliner
Three U.S. Air Force pilots aboard an unarmed T-39 Sabreliner were killed when the aircraft was shot down over Erfurt, East Germany, by a Soviet MiG-19.
1961
Muhanga
In Gitarama, Rwanda, local and other government officials initiated a coup to overthrow the monarchy and establish a republic.
1958
The_Lego_Group
The Lego Group, a Danish toy company, filed a patent in Denmark for the design of Lego bricks.
1941
World_War_II
World WarΒ II: About three hours after Thai bombers raided Sisophon, a ceasefire paused hostilities in the Franco-Thai War.
1933
Choudhry_Rahmat_Ali
Choudhry Rahmat Ali published a pamphlet in which he called for the creation of a Muslim state in north-western India that he termed "Pakstan".
1922
Knickerbocker_storm
The largest recorded snowstorm in the history of Washington, D.C., collapsed the Knickerbocker Theatre (damage pictured), killing 98 people.
1916
Manitoba
The province of Manitoba passed a law that first granted some Canadian women the right to vote.

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