Some interesting facts about Allahabad

• World's first official air mail was sent from Allahabad on Saturday, 18 February 1911
• Charles Canning, 1st Earl Canning made the famous declaration in 1858 when East India Company officially handed over control of India to the British Raj. It happened in a park known as Minto Park or Madan Mohan Malviya Park
• On June 12, 1975, Justice Jagmohan Sinha of the Allahabad High Court determined and wrote his opinion on the inappropriateness of the election of Indira Gandhi from the Raibareli constituency, thereby requiring Indira Gandhi to step down from the prime ministership (Case: Raj Narain vs. Indira Gandhi). This resulted in Indira Gandhi imposing national emergency on June 26, 1975 and imprisoning most of the political opposition in the country.
• India's first jet plane took its flight from Allahabad
• In January 2007, more than 70 million Hindu pilgrims from around the world gathered at Allahabad for the Kumbh Mela, the world's largest religious festival and also the world's largest gathering.