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Historical Event on 6/8/1948
Malabar Princess', Air India's first international flight, takes off from Bombay to London via Cairo and Geneva. This was weekly air service was started between India to United Kingdom.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
8/7/1999 | A. B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, appeals to the United States to name Pakistan as a terrorist state. |
10/16/2000 | Rest of India wins the Irani Trophy cricket tournament. Murali Karthik scalps nine for 70, the best figures by a bowler in 38 Irani cup matches. |
1/1/1900 | Sathya Sai Baba was born |
1/19/1966 | Indira Gandhi elected leader of the Congress party to succeed the late Lal Bahadur Shastri as the third Prime Minister of India. She pledged to follow path of Non-Alignment in worlds affairs. |
8/20/1997 | Arun Gawli, Mumbai underworld don, arrested for his alleged involvement in the killing of a builder. |
8/18/1891 | Jain Muni Mishrimalji, poet, social reformer and orator, was born at Pali, Rajasthan. |
1/1/1985 | Doordarshan starts Malayalam telecast from Trivandrum. |
5/22/1991 | Shripad Amrit Dange, veteran communist leader, passed away. |
3/5/1995 | Jalal Aga, famous comedian and character artist, passed away. |
1/26/2001 | Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Ustad Bismillah Khan. |
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