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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.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/15/1924Mahinder Singh, social worker, was born at Amritsar.
11/19/1917Indira (Pridarshani) Gandhi, the first Indian Lady Prime Minister, was born at Allahabad. She was the only child of Jawharlal Nehru and took active participation in freedom fight by forming ""Vanar Sena"" (a team of young detectives). She lead India in a successful war against Pakistan to seperate East and West Pakistans and establish the nation of Banglades
6/14/1998S. Vijayalakshmi wins National women's `A' chess title in Mumbai.
1/29/1976Parliament approves permanent government and censorship of newspapers at New Delhi.
8/20/1986A restructured 20-point programme announced.
2/13/1994Troops moved to Uttar Pradesh to quell caste violence.
3/12/1996Election Commission rejects claim by Indira Congress as the real Congress. The 'hand' symbol will remain with Indian National Congress headed by PVN Rao.
1/11/1966Lal Bahadur Shastri was posthumously awarded the ""Bharat Ratna"".
7/1/1821Daily newspaper 'Mumbai Samachar' was published.
9/10/2000Marat Safin wins the men's singles in the US open championship.