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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
12/22/1999CPI (M) is against India signing the CTBT.
4/17/1941Office of Price Administration was formed which handled the rationing of essential commodities.
9/18/1917Sher Singh, educationist and politician, was born at Baghpur (Haryana).
8/8/1967Central government, for the first time since independence, suffered a token defeat in the Lok Sabha.
12/11/1990Naresh Chandra was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 31-07-1992
5/29/1953Mount Everest conquered by Edmund Hillary and Tensing Norgay.
9/12/1993Former Chief Minister of Gujarat Hitendra Desai died.
1/29/1896Swami Paranabananda Brahamachari, founder of `Bharat Sevashram Sangha', was born in Bajitpur village of Faridpur district. He took 'sanyas' in 1924.
2/23/1962Union government sets up an Indian National Committee for Space Research (INCOSPAR) formed by the Department of Atomic Energy and work on Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station (TERLS) started.
1/12/1946De-monetisation of currency notes of the value of Rs. 500 and above.