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Historical Event on 10/6/1927

First Indian Cinematograph Enquiry Committee, under the chairmanship of Diwan Bahadur T. Rangachariar, was appointed by the Government.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/16/1980Fisher Wealthy Hornsinger, an American social worker and who worked for Adult Education in India, passed away.
4/4/1942Japanese Navy destroyed 3 British battleship to sink in the Bay of Bengal during the Second World War.
10/14/1989Election Commission accepted Shiv Sena as a political party.
2/9/1942Chiang Kai-Shek meets Sir Stafford Cripps, British Viceroy in India.
5/20/1972Indira Gandhi laid the foundation stone of 2nd Howrah bridge at Calcutta.
10/15/1921Gul Muhammad, cricketer (Indian & Pakistani batsman), was born in Lahore.
8/30/1979Earl Louis Mountbatten of Burma, a World War II hero, last British Viceroy in India and the first Governor General of independent India, was killed when Irish terrorists exploded his family fishing boat off the coast of Ireland. The Provisional wing of the Irish Republican Army immediately took credit for the killing, which it described as 'an execution' designed to further 'the noble struggle to drive the British intruders out of our native land'.
12/1/1951Abanindra Nath Tagore, famous Indian painter and sculptor, died in Calcutta.
3/10/1985India beat Pakistan to win ""World Championship of Cricket"". Ravi Shastri is declared champion of champions and Sunil Gavaskar steps down from the captaincy.
5/1/1913Balraj Sahani, famous film actor, was born.