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Historical Event on 1/27/1988

The first ever helicopter mail service was inaugurated at Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The first flight was from Port Blair to Havelock Island and its inaugurated by the Governer of Andaman and Nicobar Island.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/17/1941Office of Price Administration was formed which handled the rationing of essential commodities.
5/1/1983V. N. Swamy, pace bowler without distinction in one Test for India, passed away.
8/26/1975Dr. Narayan Subbarao Hardikar, freedom fighter, journalist and Padmabhushan awardee, died.
4/14/1944Blast in ammunition loaded on 1,318 tonned freighter 'S. S. Fort Stikine' which was anchored in Victoria Dock at Bombay. The explosion killed 1376 people, wrecking 27 ships and destroying 40,000 tons of food.
6/14/1996CBI grills PV Prabhakar Rao, son of former PM, for his involvement in the Rs. 133 crore NFL urea import scandal.
1/14/1998Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to M. S. Subbualakshmi (b 1916).
6/4/1993The Babri tribunal strikes down ban on RSS and Bajrang Dal and upholds outlawing of VHP.
1/6/1959Kapildev Ramlal Nikhanj, cricketer (India's finest all-rounder 1978-94, Cup-1982), was born in Chandigarh.
5/14/1998India will not sign CTBT unconditionally, says the Prime Minister.
1/28/1998All 26 accused, who stood trial in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, were sentenced to death. A designated Judge of the TADA court in Chennai found them guilty.