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2026-01-29

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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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Nicki Minaj
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Onika Tanya Maraj-Petty, known professionally as Nicki Minaj, is a Trinidadian rapper, singer, and songwriter. Dubbed th…

Border 2
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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…

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On This Day

10 events
2017
Quebec_City_mosque_shooting
A lone gunman carried out a mass shooting at a mosque in Quebec City, Canada, killing six people and injuring up to nineteen others.
2013
SCAT_Airlines_Flight_760
Twenty-one people died when SCAT Airlines Flight 760 crashed near Almaty, Kazakhstan.
2009
Supreme_Constitutional_Court_(Egypt)
The Supreme Constitutional Court of Egypt ruled that people who did not adhere to one of the three government-recognised religions were also eligible to receive government identity documents.
2006
India_national_cricket_team
India's Irfan Pathan became the first bowler to take a Test cricket hat-trick in the opening over of a match.
1991
Battle_of_Khafji
The first major ground engagement of the Gulf War began with the Iraqi invasion of Khafji, Saudi Arabia, recaptured three days later by Coalition forces.
1967
Mantra-Rock_Dance
The Mantra-Rock Dance (poster pictured), called the "ultimate high" of the hippie era, took place in San Francisco, featuring Swami Bhaktivedanta, Janis Joplin, the Grateful Dead, and Allen Ginsberg.
1944
World_War_II
World War II: At least 38 civilians were killed and about a dozen others injured when the Polish village of Koniuchy was attacked by a Soviet partisan unit with a contingent of Jewish partisans.
1943
World_War_II
World War II: The Battle of Rennell Island, the last major naval engagement between the United States Navy and the Imperial Japanese Navy during the Guadalcanal campaign, began.
1911
Mexican_Revolution
Mexican Revolution: The Magonista rebellion began when Mexican Liberal Party troops captured the town of Mexicali.
1907
Charles_Curtis
Charles Curtis (pictured) of Kansas, a citizen of the Kaw Nation, became the first Native American U.S. Senator.

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