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Historical Event on 4/20/1971
Air India started Boing 707 Jumbo Jet flight between Bombay and London.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/4/1907 | Riots in Calcutta. |
| 4/2/1970 | Privy purses and special privileges of former Indian rulers abolished. |
| 3/3/1939 | Gandhiji commences ""fast unto death"" at Rajkot to protest state's autocratic rule at Bombay and to secure ruler's adherence of promise given towards reform administration, and ends it on March 7 on Viceroy's intervention. |
| 4/22/1930 | Revolutionary Surjya Sen's many associates were killed and Surjya Sen ""Masterda"" himself went underground, on Jalalabad Hill and started extending his activities to neighbouring districts. |
| 1/30/1993 | Dr. Syvatoslav Roerich, 89, renowned painter and husband of film actress Devika Rani, passed away. |
| 1/30/1993 | Mahmud Gawan was appointed as Prime Minister, an office which he held till his execution. |
| 9/1/1999 | Dr. S. Srinivasan (58), Director of the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) in Thiruvananthapuram, died. |
| 5/25/1996 | Kathapurushan' wins best film national award. |
| 4/29/1948 | Natraj Kamakshi, modern social reformer and journalist, passed away. |
| 12/4/2000 | India deports TULF functionary-turned LTTE supporter M.K. Eelavendhan, a Chennai resident for over a decade. |
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