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Historical Event on 10/27/1997

UP ministry expanded by inducting 70 new members thus taking the total number of a record 93 members.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/9/1965After Indo-Pak conflict of 1965, the Raksha Medal, Samar Seva Star and some others were introduced.
6/1/1998Finance Minister announced the Swadeshi budget.
5/30/1952S.C.Mathur was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 01-07-1955.
1/11/1995Kumari Anandan replaces Vazhapadi K. Ramamurthy as TNCC (I) chief.
5/2/1977C.V. Narasimhan became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 25/11/77).
7/22/1918During the First World War, India's first fighter pilot Indra Lal Rai's plane was shot down in battle by Germans planes near London. Rai had fought for Britisher's Force.
1/6/1993India and Bhutan sign agreement on the giant Sankosh hydro-electric project.
3/13/1989The first straw fired thermal power plant was laid in Jakhari village of Punjab.
1/21/2000The Samata Party National Executive elects Mrs. Jaya Jaitley as its president.
9/17/1956Oil and Natural Gas Commission (ONGC ) established.