Topic summary
Palam Airport
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Indira Gandhi International Airport.
History
Palam Airport, known as RAF Palam when established, was the precursor to the modern-day Indira Gandhi International Airport. Founded in 1943 during the Second World War by the imperial British government to support Allied military operations in Asia, it served as a staging ground for Royal Air Force flights. After the British withdrawal from India, the Royal Indian Air Force, which was later rechristened as the Indian Air Force, took over the airport.