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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
1/3/1966Chetan Jagatram Manohar Sharma, cricketer (Indian Test pace bowler, World Cup hat-trick 1987), was born in Ludhiana.
9/6/1903Russia increases import duties on Indian and Ceylon tea in retaliation for British import policies in Moscow.
9/16/2000In an important pronouncement, the Rajasthan High Court declares Jains as a religious minority community and allows teaching institutions set up by them to enjoy minority status under Articles 29 and 30 of the Constitution.
12/13/1989Kashmiri militants release the daughter of Indian Home Minister Mufti Mohammed Sayeed as five of their comrades freed from prison.
5/22/199611th Lok Sabha's first session begins.
3/24/1995Devchand Somaiyya, famous Table Tennis player, passed away.
9/8/1995Harcharan Singh Brar sworn in as the Chief Minister of Punjab.
3/15/1992Dr. Rahi Masum Raza, film screenplay, story and dialogue writer, passed away at the age of 64 years.
4/14/1941Julie Christie, actress (Dr Zhivago), was born in Assam, India.
10/29/2000Jitendra Prasada, senior Congress leader, files nomination papers for the party presidential polls setting the stage for a contest against the incumbent, Ms. Sonia Gandhi.