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Historical Event on 4/7/1929

England's Imperial Airways had extended its flight to London-Karachi instead of London-Kahira. It was the first commercial air service in undivided India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/30/1974India, Pakistan decide to end the ten-year trade ban.
9/13/1928Shridhar Pathak, prominent Hindi writer, passed away.
5/14/1976Pakistan and India agree to resume diplomatic ties.
7/9/1969Sagi Lakshmi Venkatapathy Raju, cricketer (Indian slow left-armer), was born in Hyderabad.
9/14/1910Dennis Laurence Amo, merchant and industrialist in Maharashtra, was born.
3/2/1982Indira Gandhi opened Mahatma Gandhi Road Bridge at Patna.
3/5/1993The government de-reserves the mining industry throwing it open to private sector as well as to foreign investment.
12/19/1988Umashankar Joshi, Gyanpeeth awardee and Gujrathi poet, died.
10/29/2000Jitendra Prasada, senior Congress leader, files nomination papers for the party presidential polls setting the stage for a contest against the incumbent, Ms. Sonia Gandhi.
11/16/1877Ardaseer Cursetjee Wadia, professor, pioneer and innovator, died. He was the first Indian who was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society, London. He introduced lighting by gas and was the first to build ""INDUS"", a steam-ship in India in 1833. He also introduced sewing machine, photography and electro-plat