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Historical Event on 4/20/1971

Air India started Boing 707 Jumbo Jet flight between Bombay and London.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/1/1942No. 4 Squadron of the IAF was born in the war at Peshawar. The Squadron was first equipped with Lysander aircraft. The Second World War was in its third year and Japanese forces were advancing towards India's eastern frontiers.
4/12/1967U. Thant,UN Secretary General, receives the first Nehru Award for international understanding.
8/1/1970Bhopal University was established.
8/29/1612Battle at Surat in India; English fleet beats Portuguese.
9/5/1997CBI chargesheets former Railway Minister C.K. Jaffer Sharief for possessing assets disproportionate to his income.
2/15/1976The Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering (CIAE) was established at Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh under the Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi.
1/9/1854Govind Vasudev Kanitkar, noted poem writier, novelist and translator, was born.
2/14/1970Supreme Court holds nationalization of banks illegal. Presidential ordinance revalidates nationalization.
1/5/2000Tamil Nadu regains Subbiah Pillai Trophy one day cricket tournament.
11/6/1996India wins Titan's cup beating South Africa in Mumbai.