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Historical Event on 6/27/1966

D. S. Joshi was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 31-12-1968.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/20/1750Tipu Sultan, tiger of Mysore, was born. He was the son of Hyder Ali and born at Devanhalli village near Bangalore. Hyder Ali named his son after a great Sufi saint namely Tipu Mastan Aulia. Tipu Sultan was a great revolutionary freedom fighter, social reformer, musician and architect.
1/6/1983Indian National Congress lost for the first time in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka State Assembly Elections.
6/10/1888Balraj Bhalla, revolutionary, was born.
12/20/1946Gandhiji completes his month-long sojourn at Srirampur.
1/11/2000Mrs. Anju, wife of Shoaib Ilyasi of 'India's Most Wanted' famed serial, dies under mysterious circumstances.
5/26/1885Govindagraj (Ram Ganesh Gadkari), great Marathi playwright, comedy author and poet, was born.
4/12/1983Richard Attenborough's 'Gandhi' wins 8 Oscars.
7/16/1990O.P.Chautala resigns following directive from JD.
5/31/1947Gandhiji declares that peace must precede partition, and he would not be party to India's vivisection.
5/3/1997Vijay Pradhan, additional senior counsel for Srikrishna Commission probing 1992-93 riots in Mumbai, resigns. He is not allowed to cross-examine Chief Minister Manohar Joshi.