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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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7/18/1987Amitabh Bachhan resigns his Lok Sabha membership.
11/11/1888Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, freedom fighter, was born in Mecca. He was an outspoken champion of rationalism and progressiveness in all spheres of Indian life.
4/20/1989President's rule imposed in Karnataka.
7/12/1994India expels Pak diplomat; Indian attache tortured in Islamabad.
4/24/1965Kosi Barrage inaugurated by King Mahendra of Nepal.
1/1/1989India and Pakistan sign three agreements.
7/15/1903Kumaraswamy Kamraj, great freedom fighter, social reformer, political leader and member of the Lok Sabha, was born in a trading family at Virudhunagar in Tamil Nadu.
1/30/1908Gandhiji was summoned to see General Smuts at Pretoria and released on reaching a compromise.
6/25/1943No. 8 Squadron started functioning absorbing the remaining coastal defence flight personnel, and also issued with a vengeance to achieve operational status.
4/15/1976India announces it will send an envoy to Peking, first time in 15 years.