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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
8/27/1978Lord Mountbatten died in an explosion near Ireland.
6/4/1992Stock broker Harshad Mehta and his associates arrested.
2/9/1964Hanumant Singh scores 105 runs on his debut match during the India vs England cricket tournament at Delhi.
12/6/1995The Sixth Army Ordnance Corps Reunion and Silver Jubilee of Colour Presentation was celebrated at AOC Centre with pomp and splendour, fun and gaiety and professionalism of high order. The highlights included para-dropping, AOC Kangla Tongbi, Sonet-lumiere sound and light show, Central Parade and Yaadgar Parade.
5/25/1941Sagarmal Gopa, a devoted patriot and freedom fighter, was arrested in Jaisalmer. He wrote two books ""Jaisalmer Rajya ka Gunda Shasan"" and ""Raghunath Singh Ka Mukadma"" for which he was prohibited to enter in Jaisalmer.
4/18/1993BJP issues white paper on Ayodhya.
6/1/1972Space Commission and Department of Space was set up. Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) brought under Department of Space (DOS).
8/8/1949India concludes a treaty with Bhutan.
12/1/1965Border Security Force was organised, which would be armed and trained to man the International Border with Pakistan.
11/18/1937Rajinder Pal, cricketer (pace bowler in one Test India v Eng, 0-22), was born in Delhi.