India celebrates its 74th Republic Day immediately, 26 January. On at the present time in 1950, the nation grew to become a republic gaining full independence from the British Empire. Apart from this, lots of important occasions have taken place the world over over time on 26 January. On at the present time in 1988, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s widespread musical The Phantom of the Opera opened on Broadway, New York. On the identical day in 2001, the Gujarat earthquake took the lives of greater than 20,000 folks. NBA legend Kobe Bryant, alongside together with his 13-year-old daughter died in an unlucky helicopter crash on 26 January 2020.

26 January- Historic Events:

India grew to become a republic; 1950:

The State Emblem of India was established on 26 January 1950. It encompasses a portrayal of the Lion Capital of Ashoka over the phrases “Satyameva Jayate.” The Lion Capital, which was initially located atop the Ashoka Column at Sarnath and erected in 250 BC, served because the inspiration for the nationwide emblem. On the identical day, the Constitution of India additionally got here into power.

The Phantom of the Opera opened on Broadway; 1988:

Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera, a musical model of Gaston Leroux’s melodramatic novel, debuted on Broadway in New York on 26 January 1988. Webber composed the piece by becoming a member of palms with lyricists Charles Hart and Richard Stilgoe. It was named the most effective musical on the Tony Awards and later went on to turn out to be the longest-running present within the historical past of Broadway theatre in 2006. In 2010, a sequel to The Phantom of the Opera opened in London.

Gujarat Earthquake; 2001:

On 26 January 2001, an enormous earthquake hit Bhuj, Gujarat and resulted in appreciable injury. Owing to the pure disaster, greater than 20,000 folks misplaced their lives whereas 167,000 folks have been injured. Numerous historic constructions and widespread vacationer locations have been among the many multiple million constructions that have been destroyed or broken.

Nearly 40% of the residences, eight faculties, two hospitals, and 4 km of highway in Bhuj have been demolished by the earthquake. It partially destroyed the town’s well-known Prag Mahal and Aina Mahal forts in addition to the Swaminarayan temple. More than 250 historic constructions in Kutch and Saurashtra have been examined by the Indian National Trust for Arts and Cultural Heritage (INTACH), which found that half of them had both collapsed or been severely broken.

Death of NBA legend Kobe Bryant; 2020:

Renowned basketball participant Kobe Bryant died in a helicopter crash on 26 January 2020. The NBA legend, accompanied by his 13-year-old daughter was going to attend a ladies’ basketball sport. The tragic incident took the lives of as many as 9 folks onboard together with Bryant and his daughter. Later that 12 months, he was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Besides his illustrious profession within the NBA, Bryant was additionally a member of the U.S. males’s basketball groups that gained the gold medal within the 2008 Beijing Olympics and 2012 London Olympics.

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