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Historical Event on 4/18/1971

Air India's first Jumbo Jet Plane passenger Boeing 747 named 'Emperor Samrat Ashok' was landed on Santacruz Airport at Bombay.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/27/1952United Nationalist Party and the Indian Democratic Party combined to form one opposition party - National Democratic Party with Dr. S. P. Mukherjee as leader.
10/15/1686Aurangzeb attacked and conqured Bijapur and this was the end of the Muslim Adilshahi's era.
6/5/1879Narayan Malhar Joshi, father of Labour Union Movement in India, was born at Goregaon in the Kolaba district, Maharashtra.
4/2/1954Nehru calls for a halt to the build up of nuclear weapons.
11/19/1877Jatindranath Benarjee, revolutionary of Indian freedom movement, was born.
6/26/1888Narayan Shripad Rajhans (Balgandharv), famous singer and actor, was born.
11/23/1908Durga Das, famous social reformer and journalist, was born.
12/9/1658Dutch troops occupy harbour city Quilon (Coilan), India.
7/4/1989Capt. W. A. Sangma appointed Governor of Mizoram and A. A. Rahim Governor of Meghalaya.
2/18/1999Ramakrishna Hedge, Commerce Minister, launched the India Brand Equity Fund (IBEF).