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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
4/5/1979First Naval Museum of India established in Bombay.
9/18/1972Government of India announces increase of minimum bonus to workers from 4\% to 8.33\%.
6/6/1997New economic grouping BIST-EC (Bangladesh-India-Sri Lanka-Thailand Economic Cooperation forum) comes into being.
8/2/1980Ramshankar Baij, great sculptor, died.
1/27/1999P. Krishnamurthy, former Indian wicketkeeper, died in Hyderabad following a cardiac arrest.
7/28/1989Mufti Mohammad Sayeed was disqualified from Rajya Sabha. It was the first case of such disqualification from the House under anti-defection law.
2/14/199813 bomb blasts take place in Coimbatore an hour before the BJP president Advani was to address a campaign meeting; 52 people killed.
10/23/1959Chinese military confrontation with India in Aksai Chin killed 17 Indian soldiers in a clash on the Kashmir border.
4/2/1948Defence Minister announces the establishment of the National War Academy in Kharakvasla, Poona.
2/1/1988The first Congress of the Indian Dental Association begins. (28-1-88).