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Bharat ka pehla airport kaun-sa tha? Airport sunte hi bada terminal yaad aata hai. Lekin Bharat ki shuruaati kahani ek saadhaaran maidan se shuru hoti hai. 1928 mein Mumbai ka Juhu aerodrome shuru hua. Wahan aadhunik terminal nahin tha - chhote vimaan khule maidan se udte aur utarte the. Us samay hawai yatra aaj jaisi nahin thi. Phir, 15 October 1932 ko, J. R. D. Tata ne Karachi se Mumbai tak aitihasik daak udaan bhari. Is udaan ne Tata Airlines ki shuruaat ka raasta banaya; wahi aage chalkar Air India bani. Aaj Mumbai ka mukhya commercial airport yaatri udaanon ka kendra hai; Juhu ki ahmiyat shuruaati daur mein hai. Yahin jawaab badalta hai: 'pehla' kehne se pehle tay karein - khula hawai maidan, niyamit udaanon wala adda, ya aaj jaisa commercial airport? To Juhu 1928 se Bharat ke shuruaati hawai addon mein hai - lekin 'pehla' ka jawaab paribhasha par nirbhar karta hai.