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Historical Event on 6/8/1948
Malabar Princess', Air India's first international flight, takes off from Bombay to London via Cairo and Geneva. This was weekly air service was started between India to United Kingdom.
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| 5/18/1995 | Sukhomoy Sengupta, 76, Tripura's first CM, passed away. |
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| 10/2/1954 | Chandernagar, former under French possession, was made a part of West Bengal. |
| 3/22/1999 | Punjab men, Railway women emerged National basketball champions in Jaipur. |
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