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Historical Event on 1/8/1927

The first scheduled London-Delhi flight arrives after 63 hrs. Air Minister Sir Samuel Hoare is on board.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/5/1988The country goes without newspapers on this day as the entire newspaper industry had protested against the Defamation Bill.
7/23/1918Saraswati Devi (Smt) Illindala, great Hindi writer, journalist and social worker, was born at Narsapur, Andhra Pradesh.
2/23/1952Employees Provident Fund Bill and Miscellaneous Provision Act passed in the Lok Sabha.
5/12/1955The PM laid the foundation stone for the National Museum.
11/25/1977John Lobo became the Director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 30/06/79).
6/4/1953University of Cambridge confers honorary Doctorate of Laws on J. L. Nehru.
6/18/1901Ramchandra Bhikaji Gunjikar, Marathi novelist and editor, passed away.
2/14/2000The Supreme Court stays the Karnataka High Court judgment quashing the State Government's Ashraya scheme for providing plots to the poor.
1/16/1916Amat Debananda, politician, was born in Balani village at Orissa .
9/22/1931Gandhi meets Charlie Chaplin in London.