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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
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9/15/1999Palvai Purushottam, the sitting Sirpur MLA and TDP candidate, shot dead.
1/1/1955Shantiswaroop Bhatnagar, famous Indian Chemical Expert, died.
6/11/1999India provided incontrovertible tape evidence of Pakistan's involvement in the Kargil sector. The Indian army killed 23 intruders in the Batalik and Dras sectors but lost 15 of its men.
4/2/1970Meghalaya, an autonomous hilly state, was established after dividing the hilly areas of Assam.
12/24/1921Rabindranath Tagore established ""Visva Bharati"" at Santiniketan with Brojendra Nath Seal as the chief guest.
11/24/1991Bihar's ruling JD makes a clean sweep of all the three Lok Sabha seats in the by-elections.
8/20/1909Urmila Devi Shastri, freedom fighter, was born at Srinagar.
2/14/1959Nehru tells the International Conference on Planned Parenthood that Indian family planning efforts have not stopped population growth.
8/7/1991India successfully launches Prithvi-III, surface-to-air missile from Sriharikota.