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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 |
| 12/29/1996 | Trishul', surface-to-air missile successfully tested. |
| 1/30/1903 | Lord Curzon opened the Imperial Library in in Metcalfe Hall at Calcutta. |
| 3/13/1940 | Michael O' Dyer, former Governor of Punjab, was shot by Udham Singh in Caxton Hall at point-blank range in full view of a large gathering in London. |
| 6/6/1997 | U.S. Congress honours Mother Teresa with a gold medal. |
| 5/29/1915 | Sita Ram Surajmal Jajoo, social reformer and politician, was born at Neemuch Cantt, M.P. |
| 2/21/1672 | A French squadron under De la Haye encountered a fleet of the Dutch, who were in hostility with the French, near Cape Comorin. |
| 9/10/1911 | Jatin Chakravorty, social reformer, politician and trade unionist, was born at Comilla, Bangladesh. |
| 1/8/1947 | Rajasthan University established at Jaipur. |
| 6/22/1917 | Mohy-id-Din Hajini, famous Hindi writer and professor, was born at Kashmir (Hajin). |
| 1/3/1985 | Azharuddin scores 110 in first Test innings. |
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