13 minutes that changed global connectivity: Remembering India as birthplace of international airmail in 1911

Exactly 115 years ago, on a crisp February morning, 23yearold Frenchman Henri Pequet climbed into the open cockpit of a fragile Humber biplane. As he cleared the banks of the Yamuna River, the roar of his engine announced the birth of a global revolution. It was the day when India became the “Ground Zero” of global airmail.