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Historical Event on 6/27/1838

Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay (Chatterjee), famous novelist, ""the father of modern Indian fiction"" and writer of national song 'Vande Mataram', was borm at Katalpara near Naihati, West Bengal. Some of his writings are 'Anandmath' and 'Kapal Kundala'. He was among the first two Bengalee Graduates.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/1/1963Nagaland becomes the 16th state of Indian union.
12/4/1973Mohan Rakesh, famous modern Hindi dramatist, novelist and story writer, passed away.
11/8/1965British Indian Ocean Territory formed.
10/23/1883Darashaw Nosherwan Wadia, a pioneer in Indian Geology, was born at Surat in Gujarat.
1/14/1969Madras State renamed Tamil Nadu.
12/5/1998Jaswant Singh and Pramod Mahajan take over as the new Foreign Minister and Minister for Information and Broadcasting. Jagmohan takes over as Minister for Communications.
8/15/1947Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru becomes the first Indian Prime Minister of free India.
1/24/1921T. N. Raina, former Army Chief and High Commissioner of Canada, was born.
1/27/1988The 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.
6/14/1961Sir Karyamanikkam Shrinivas Krishnan died.