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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
12/4/1661Murad Baksh was executed on the charge of murdering Diwan Ali Nagi.
1/3/1987Arvind Deshpande, famous actor, died.
3/3/1931Gandhi and Viceroy Irwin sign Delhi Pact giving Indians right to make salt if civil disobedience stops.
5/1/1958Bell, 47 G3, the flight was upgraded to a helicopter unit with a Sqn Ldr as its Commanding Officer.
8/17/1947The first British troop leaves for England after Indian independence.
12/11/1963Kewalam Madhav Panikkar, veteran politician and famous historian, passed away.
8/16/1922Raunaq Singh, great industrialist and philanthropist, was born at Daska.
8/4/1894Narayan Sitaram Phadke, famous Hindi writer, was born at Karjat.
2/15/1924Shankarrao Bajirao Patil, great leader of Maharashtra, was born.
1/15/1998Gulzari Lal Nanda, Gandhian freedom fighter and twice acting Prime Minister in 1964 and 1966, died in Ahmedabad at the age of 100 years.