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Historical Event on 2/18/1911

Under the auspices of the British Army, French pilot Henry Pequet makes the first official airmail flight from Allahabad to Naini Junction.

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11/14/1959Nehru rejects China's proposal for a mutual withdrawal of troops from a border buffer zone.
3/11/1886Anandibai Gopalrao Joshi became the first Indian lady doctor. She passed the MBBS degree from Philadelphia University of America.
2/22/1958Maulana Abul Kalam Azad passed away in New Delhi, India. He was a great leader, great orator, revolutionary and fighter for national freedom. Some of his works which are the masterpieces of the Urdu language are ""Ghubari-Khatir"" and Tadhkirah"". He was Minister of Education in the first Indian Government.
2/17/1907Henry Olcott, co-founder (Theosophical Society-Madras), passed away.
5/12/1998Bill Clinton, US President, asks India to sign the CTBT.
3/1/1818Singhgad won by the Britishers after the end of Peshwa kingdom.
12/30/1974Opening of the fifth Indian Film Festival. It was presided over by Satyajit Ray at New Delhi.