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Historical Event on 4/18/1971

Air India's first Jumbo Jet Plane passenger Boeing 747 named 'Emperor Samrat Ashok' was landed on Santacruz Airport at Bombay.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/7/1687Mughal army won the Gowalkonda fort. Kutubshahi came to end.
7/31/1933Gandhiji was arrested from Sabarmati Ashram and imprisoned without trial.
10/6/1997Abhijit Kunte wins Asian Junior Chess title.
10/16/1906Shankar Damodar Chitale, famous author and teacher, was born in Secundarabad.
6/22/1994L. V. Prasad, father of South Indian film industry, died.
1/12/1948Gandhiji decides to fast for communal peace in Delhi for communal riots which broke between Hindus and Muslims at Calcutta. Mountbatten fails to dissuade Gandhiji.
12/14/1955Henry Heras, famous artist and an active member of the Indian Historical Records Commission, died in Bombay.
3/17/1997A Delhi court sentences former Union Minister Kalpnath Rai to 10 years RI.
8/15/1972Postal Index Number (PIN Code) of 6-digits was introduced.
7/26/1994Government rejects JPC report on securities scandal.