Transkei Transkei Transkei (, meaning "the area beyond [the river] Kei"), officially the Republic of Transkei (), was an unrecognised state in the southeastern region of South Africa from 1976 to 1994. It was a Bantustan—an area set aside for members of a specific ethnicity—and operated as a nominally independent parliamentary democracy. Its capital was Umtata (renamed Mthatha in 2004). Transkei represented a significant precedent and historic turning point in South Africa's policy of apartheid and "separate development"; it was the first of four territories to be declared independent of South Africa. Throughout its existence, it remained an internationally unrecognised, diplomatically
Mistri Airways - Madras and Nagpur- Jabalpur - Allahbad -Kanpur -Lukhnow. The night air mail services' first license was granted to Indian Overseas Airlines but the airline closed by end of year 1950 due to financial problems. Mistri Airways Mistri Airways, later known as Indian Overseas Airlines, is a defunct airline, which was based in India. The airline started operations in 1946 using Douglas DC-3s and later also ordered for a Martin 2-0-2. The airline was started by one 29-year-old Parsi businessman, Rusi Mistri, who owned his personal Beech D17S. Mistri Airways operated flights between Mumbay, Nagpur and Calcutta, in addition to