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Historical Event on 6/8/1948

Malabar Princess', Air India's first international flight, takes off from Bombay to London via Cairo and Geneva. This was weekly air service was started between India to United Kingdom.

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9/15/1992Price of petrol, diesel and cooking gas hiked.
3/25/1963Yagyawalk Bharadwaj, famous botany scientist, passed away.
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6/1/1819William Carey, Ward and Marshman established the Serampore College in Bengal.
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7/24/2000The trial in the Rs. 133 crore urea scam resumes after about one year in the special court for CBI cases in New Delhi.
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