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Historical Event on 4/20/1971

Air India started Boing 707 Jumbo Jet flight between Bombay and London.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/11/1989In Bihar, a 13-member ministry headed by Satyendra Narain Sinha, MP, was sworn in.
5/3/1913Dhundiraj Govind Phalke, more generally known as Dada Saheb Phalke, was responsible for the production of India's first fully indigenous silent four-reel feature film 'Raja Harishchandra' which heralded the birth of the Indian film industry. The film had titles in Hindi and English and was released on May 3, 1913 at the Coronation Cinematograph in Bombay.
9/24/1936It was reported that in the past two weeks over 2 million of India's depressed classes had renounced Hinduism in favor of Christianity.
8/30/1993LPG, Petrol dealers get higher commission.
8/30/1993Shahjahan, great mughal emperor of India, was born at Lahore.
9/29/1836Chamber of Commerce and Industry was established in Madras
10/15/1921Gul Muhammad, cricketer (Indian & Pakistani batsman), was born in Lahore.
9/23/1908Ramdhari Singh Dinkar, famous Hindi poet, was born.
7/11/1897Sibnath Banerjee, great social worker, freedom fighter and leader, was born in village Brahman Rangdia, Khulna district.
3/3/1983Seventh Non-Aligned Summit started at New Delhi.