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Historical Event on 4/26/1929
British fliers make a record nonstop 4,130-mile trip from London to India.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/14/1997 | Border Security Force discovers a 34-metre long tunnel in the Ajnala Sub-sector of the Punjab border with Pakistan. |
| 12/12/1976 | Madanlal Dhingra's ashes were brought to India. |
| 2/12/1990 | The Berlin Wall is taken down February 12. Germany is reunited over the next year. Warsaw Pact is dissolved. |
| 6/17/1756 | Nawab Sira-ud-Daulah attacked on Calcutta with 50,000 soldiers and captured it on June 21. |
| 10/5/1990 | Dr. Rajkumar Varma, famous Hindi journalist and playwright, died. |
| 12/6/1995 | Prabhakar Barve,painter of international fame, passed away. |
| 10/5/1932 | Madhavrao Laxmanrao Apte, cricketer (7 Tests for India, 1 century), was born in Bombay. |
| 1/25/1856 | Battle of Seattle; skirmish between settlers & Indians. |
| 10/26/1950 | Mother Teresa founded Mission of Charity in Calcutta, India. |
| 11/23/1897 | Nirad Chandra Chaudhuri, writer, was born. |
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