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Historical Event on 6/27/1967

First Indian made AVRO aircraft passenger Plane HS748 handed over to Indian Airlines.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/1/1989This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Year of the Young Reader"".
1/27/1995Rajiv Gandhi Container Terminal open at Kochi port.
5/20/1991General Election (10th) of India begins.
6/1/1997Ghulam Rasool Wani, National Conference leader, kidnapped and shot dead by militants at Kaskot in Doda district, Jammu.
10/23/1919Lord Curzon, ex-Viceroy of India, takes over as Former Secretary from Tory leader Arthur Balfour in London
2/4/1946Dr. Satnarayan Nathulal Jatiya was born in Jawad, Distt. Mandsaur (Madhya Pradesh).
1/8/1995ONGC's oil rig blow out at Pasalapudi site in Andhra Pradesh.
7/25/1997Kocheril Raman Narayanan (K. R. Narayanan) became the 10th President of India.
10/10/1756Clive sailed from Madras, to capture Calcutta, with a large naval fleet consisting of 900 European and 1500 Indian soldiers along with 5 battle ships, and 5 other vessels.
5/3/1913Dhundiraj Govind Phalke, more generally known as Dada Saheb Phalke, was responsible for the production of India's first fully indigenous silent four-reel feature film 'Raja Harishchandra' which heralded the birth of the Indian film industry. The film had titles in Hindi and English and was released on May 3, 1913 at the Coronation Cinematograph in Bombay.