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Historical Event on 4/26/1929
British fliers make a record nonstop 4,130-mile trip from London to India.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/20/1939 | Ramakant Bhikaji Desai, cricketer - pace bowler for India in the 60s, was born in Bombay |
| 6/15/1982 | Supreme Court rules that all children, regardless of citizenship, are entitled to public education. |
| 7/5/1992 | Bahadur Prasad at London sets record for 3000m in 7.56.74. |
| 1/19/1960 | Ramchandra Gopal (Dadasaheb Torne), famous film director, passed away. |
| 12/13/1989 | Kashmiri militants release the daughter of Indian Home Minister Mufti Mohammed Sayeed as five of their comrades freed from prison. |
| 8/18/1911 | Adityanath Jha, former Governor of Delhi, was born. |
| 5/9/1995 | Two new gas and oil reserves found off the Gujarat and Bombay coast. |
| 9/29/1992 | Andhra CM Janardhana Reddy resigned. |
| 2/17/1993 | Rani Gaidinliu, freedom fighter, social reformer and political leader, died at her native village in Manipur. The British army made a surprise attack on her position and captured her. On 17th October, 1932, Pandit Nehru once wrote ""A day will come when India will remember her and cherishe her"". |
| 6/5/1998 | Ali Sardar Jafri, Urdu writer, is presented the Jnanpeeth award for 1997. |
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