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Historical Event on 2/18/1911
World' s first official airmail flight service with 6,500 letters and post cards was made between Bamrauli to Naini (Allahabad) on February 18, 1911.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/6/1901 | Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee, great social reformer, politician and leader, was born at Calcutta. He was the founder of the ""Bharatiya Jana Sangh"", of which BJP is the successor party. His father Sir Asutosh was widely known in Bengal. |
| 8/1/1939 | Bombay begins Prohibition, first since U.S. law was repealed. |
| 1/1/1995 | This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Year of Tolerance"". |
| 1/31/1998 | D. R. Karthikeyan became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 31/03/98). |
| 9/11/1985 | Sri Lanka score their first Test victory by 149 runs against India. |
| 1/16/2000 | Punjab men, Railway women win the Senior National Volleyball championship in Salem. |
| 1/16/2000 | Father Francis Xavier, Spanish founder of the Jesuits, 35, and three friends set sail from Lisbon, Portugal for Goa. They became the first Roman Catholic missionaries to travel to India. |
| 4/26/1992 | Gyanapith award winner Prof. V.K.Gokak (82) passes away. |
| 1/21/1997 | Delhi was the first city to use propane gas when 50 autorickshaws were started on trial basis. |
| 10/16/1999 | Geet Sethi bagged the Fred Davis award as the "Billiards Player of the Year 1998-99' |
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