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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
12/22/1975Vishnupant Purshottam Bhagwat, editor, publisher and printer of monthly magzine ""Satyakatha"", d
5/25/1937Munshi Ajmeri passed away.
10/20/1999Quiet start to the 13th Lok Sabha.
5/8/1994Harikant Jethwani, famous Sindhi litterateur, passed away.
1/1/1914Dhirendra Nath Mukherji, social worker, was born at Bankura, West Bengal.
5/27/1997Sri Lanka claims Independence Cup, winning the second match in the best-of-three finals in Calcutta.
10/28/1929Narotam Puna, cricketer (Bombay NZ off-spinner v England 1966), was born.
6/13/1991Shiv Sharma, Doordarshan Director General, was shot at in Delhi by suspected Punjab terrorists.
4/22/1915Hem Barua, famous Assami and English litterateur, was born.
8/7/1906First Tricoloured National Flag consisting of Green, Yellow and Red, with eight Lotuses on the top, second strip carrying ""Vande Matara"" in Devnagri and the third strip having Sun and Cresent Moon, was hoisted at Green Park in Calcutta by Surendranath Banerjee.