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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
8/1/1957National Book Trust inaugurated.
12/6/1976Nana Patil, great revolutionary, passed away.
8/12/1997Bar Council of India debars full-time law teachers from practising as lawyers.
12/26/1999Shankar Dayal Sharma (81), former President of India, died in New Delhi.
9/1/1887Karmveer Bhaurao Paygaunda Patil, educationist, social reformer and founder of 'Rayat Educational Institute', was born.
12/11/1998Poet Pradeep (Ramchandra Divedi) died at 1850 hrs today.
4/15/1919Arjan Singh, Air Chief Marshal and Padma Vibhushan, DFC, was born in Lyalpur.
10/2/1982Chintaman Dwarkanath Deshmukh, former Finance minister of India, died.
10/28/1811Yashwantrao Holkar, a diplomat of Peshwa kingdom, died.
6/17/1756Nawab Sira-ud-Daulah attacked on Calcutta with 50,000 soldiers and captured it on June 21.