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Historical Event on 4/24/1929

First non-stop flight from England to India takes-off.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/19/1995Rajendra Kumari Bajpai appointed the Lt. Governor of Pondichery.
10/2/1971Gandhi Sadan was handed over to the nation.
11/30/1989Congress (I) emerges largest party in Lok Sabha by winning 193 seats, Congress (I) rule in Karnataka and Veerendra Patil made the Chief Minister.
3/5/1989Baba Prithvisingh, founder of Labour Party, passed away.
4/28/1974Gaganvihari Lallubhai Mehta, famous economist, politician and journalist, passed away.
4/1/1962Maharashtra State Finance Corporation started its operations.
4/1/1963D.P. Kohli held office as the founder director of Central Bureau of Investigation (C.B.I.) from 1st April, 1963 (to 31st May, 1968). Earlier, he was Inspector-General of Police of the Special Police Establishment.
5/17/1992Import of 106 life-saving drugs and 37 equipments allowed.
2/7/1795Dutch Prince William V accepts British occupation of Dutch Indies.
10/6/1974Vengalil Krishnan Krishna Menon, great freedom fighter, barrister, leader, politician, nationalist and member of the Lok Sabha, passed away. He resigned as the defence minister soon after the Chinese aggression.