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Historical Event on 3/30/1929

Weekly postal service across 5,000-miles by aeroplane started between England and India serving India, Egypt, Palestine and Iraq in London.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/7/1942Anandshankar Bapubhai Dhruv, famous Gujarati expert, Sanskrit Pandit and editor of a monthly magzine, died.
8/7/1990Union Cabinet approves setting up of Indian Broadcasting (Programme) Service.
10/29/1851British Indian Association was established in Bengal with Radha Kanta Dev as president and Devendranath Tagore as the Secretary.
4/30/1977Nine Congress-ruled states placed under President's rule. Janata Party formed.
7/18/1980Second Experimental launch of Space Launch Vehicle -3 (SLV-3) by Indian made 35 kilogram Rohini satellite (RS-1) successfully placed in orbit. It was used for measuring in-flight performance of second experimental launch of SLV-3. The launch took from Sriharikota and India became the sixth nation to put a satellite into orbit.
5/25/1933All young Hindus aged between 12 and 25 years were forced to carry identity cards to prevent spread of terrorism.
1/15/1977Rashid Ahmed Siddiqui, modern Urdu writer, passed away.
11/11/1906Chetput Ramaswami Pattabhi Raman, politician and social worker, was born at Madras.
1/11/1859Lord Curzon, Governor General and Viceroy, was born.
8/12/1952Social Welfare Board inaugurated in the Parliament.