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Historical Event on 1/8/1927

The first scheduled London-Delhi flight arrives after 63 hrs. Air Minister Sir Samuel Hoare is on board.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/5/1966Jan Congress Party was established in Orissa.
12/23/1998Jayaprakash Narayan posthumously awarded Bharat Ratna, the country's biggest honour.
6/7/1989Sheetal Pandya set up a world record at the age of 5 years.
9/11/1893Swami Vivekananda represented Hinduism at Chicago's Parliament of the World's Religions, the first ever inter-faith gathering, dramatically enlightening Western opinion to the depth of Hindu philosophy and culture. He spoke for the first time in Chicago.
2/15/1945Indian troops capture Pagan at Burma.
5/15/1998The Indian Army at Chandilora (Tangmey) captured 15 kg charas, 400 gm dust of charas and 12 kg leaves of charas.
12/10/1886Rameshwari Nehru, social worker and freedom fighter, was born at Lahore.
8/17/1996CBI seizes another Rs. 65 lakhs from Sukh Ram's residence.
6/30/1999The first ever direct bus service between India and Bangladesh gets delayed due to heavy rain.
1/8/2000Abhin Shyam Gupta and B.R. Meenakshi win the NSCI Grand Prix all India badminton tournament in Mumbai.