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Historical Event on 9/27/1958

Mihir Sen becomes the first Indian to cross the English Channel from Dover to Calais.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/1/196325 Sqn, AF was formed with 04XAN-12 aircraft acquired from the erstwhile USSR. This was to supply lines to the Army in the Northern Sector encompassing J&K and Ladakh regions.
5/11/1970A bill for setting up of ""North Eastern Council"" passed.
4/17/1941Office of Price Administration was formed which handled the rationing of essential commodities.
12/5/1951Abanindranath Tagore, a great Modern Indian Painter, passed away.
8/1/1963Soviets offer India arms to block China.
8/27/1976Major-General (Kumari) Gertude Ali Ram, the first women General in Indian Army, was appointed as the first Director of Military Nursing Services at the Army Headquarters.
12/17/1990N. Janardhan Reddy sworn in as CM of Andhra Pradesh.
9/13/1893Mama Parmanand, one of the founders of 'Prarthana Samaj', passed away.
3/26/1990Sangma Ministry quits in Meghalaya. B. B. Lyngdoh is new CM.
5/18/1974First underground Atomic device explosion for India was carried out successfully near Pokhran in Rajasthan (Thar Desert) at 8:05 a.m. This event made India as the 6th nation to explode an atomic bomb.