On 18 February 1911, a French pilot named Monseigneur Piguet3 took off on a Humber plane from the historic town of Allahabad and flew across the Yamuna River to Naini carrying 6,500 mails. The distance covered was barely 10 kilometres, but by undertaking this short flight, Piguet became the first person in the world to flag off airmail service and he brought India on the global aviation map forever.
