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Historical Event on 10/27/1923

Arvind Navinchandra Mafatlal, famous industrialist, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/26/1981Vayudoot air service started with a flight of a F27, from Guwahati airport. This is the third Indian airline inaugurated.
1/26/1981Firuz Shah Tughluq(1351-88), nephew of Muhammad Tughluq, succeded as emperor of Delhi.
12/10/1761Maharani Tarabai of Pune died at Satara.(9 or 10).
1/20/1879Raghunath Chaudhary, famous Assamia nature poet, was born.
1/20/1879Affonso de Albuquerque, who is regarded as the real founder of Portuguese power in India, died at the age of 73 years.
11/8/1948Nathuram Godse confesses to murder of Gandhi but denies conspiracy.
9/10/1996Central Ethical Committee of ICMR on Human Research, constituted under the Chairmanship of Justice (Retired) M.N. Venkatachaliah, held its first meeting. Several sub committees were constituted to address specific topics viz. Epidemiological Research, Clinical Evaluation of Products to be Used on Humans, Organ Transplantation; Human Genetics, etc.
6/19/1996Kerala LDF govt. decides to reopen the ISRO espionage case, which was closed by the CBI.
12/10/1978Mother Teresa is awarded the Nobel Peace prize.
6/9/1964Lal Bahadur Shastri became the second Prime Minister of India when the country was shocked of Jawaharlal Nehru's death and Indo-China war. Shastri gave the quotation ""Jai Jawan Jai Kisan"" which motivated the war-affected Indians to boost their morale. He remained in this office till he died on January 11, 1966 at Taskent. In his cabinet, Indira Gandhi served as Minister of Information and Broadcasting.