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Historical Event on 2/18/1911
Under the auspices of the British Army, French pilot Henry Pequet makes the first official airmail flight from Allahabad to Naini Junction.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/4/1729 | Kanhoji Angre, former Chief of Navy in Maratha kingdom, died. |
| 1/16/1966 | Sadhu Thanwardas Lilaram Vaswani, noted thinker and saint poet, great orator, professor and prolific writer, died at Pune. |
| 11/12/1954 | Bharat Reddy, cricket wicket-keeper (India 1979), was born in Madras. |
| 2/28/1963 | Dr. Rajendra Prasad, the first President of India, passed away at Sadaqat Ashram, Patna. |
| 5/14/1978 | Jagdishchandra Mathur, modern Hindi playwright, passed away. |
| 10/15/1990 | Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Dr. Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (b-1918), the South African black nationalist leader who arrived in India on a five-day visit. He is the first non-Asian to get this honour. |
| 10/28/1996 | Goa upset Karnataka to win their first Ranji Cricket Trophy game ever. |
| 7/12/1947 | Pochiah Krishnamurthy, great Indian cricket wicket-keeper (1971 WI tour), was born in Hyderabad. |
| 4/3/1932 | Boycott of British goods was so widespread that 70\% of cotton products were now thought to have come from Japan. |
| 6/18/1917 | Lachhmansingh Gill, famous politician and former chief minister, was born. |
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