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Historical Event on 2/18/1911

Under the auspices of the British Army, French pilot Henry Pequet makes the first official airmail flight from Allahabad to Naini Junction.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/12/1995India refused to sign NPT in its present discriminatory form.
9/6/1947Indian government creates a new ministry of relief and rehabilitation of refugees.
5/16/1975Sikkim High Court was established at Gangtok for Sikkim territory.
9/16/1931Political prisoners Tarkeshwar Dutta and Santosh Mitra were shot by an officer at Hijli detention camp near Kharagpur. They were arrested for attending the Hijli meeting.
9/19/1960Sindhu River water-sharing settement was signed between India and Pakistan.
5/28/199613-day-old BJP-led minority coalition govt. headed by A.B. Vajpayee quits at the end of a two-day debate on a motion of confidence.
11/25/1998Nitish Kumar, Railway Minister, lays the foundation stone for the Chengalpattu-Arakkonam gauge conversion in Kancheepuram. The Kanchi Shankaracharyas stay away from the function following a controversy triggered over the invitation extended to them by the Railways.
9/1/1934Suniti Kumar Ghosh, cricket test umpire for two tests from 1988-89, was born in Bengal.
2/16/1932Sibnath Banerjee, trade union movement leader, passed away. He founded several organisation like Congress Socialist Party, A.I.T.U.C. and Hind Mazdoor Sabha, etc.
12/1/1963Nagaland becomes the 16th state of Indian union.