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Historical Event on 6/23/1927

All India Radio's broadcasting service started in 1927 by privately owned transmitter at Bombay and Calcutta.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/28/1991Shankar Guha Niyogi, an active trade union leader of Madhya Pradesh, was shot dead by unknown assailants.
7/2/1970Pandit Kunjilal Dubey, freedom fighter, educationalist and politician, passed away.
5/10/1996Congress Chief Ministers of Assam, Haryana & Pondicherry resign.
12/28/1977Sumitranandan Pant, famous Hindi poet and literaeur, died.
2/20/1947British Prime Minister Clement Attlee announced in the House of Commons, London, that Britain will release India before June 1948 and for this purpose Lord Louis Mountbatten was appointed to work as the new Viceroy of India.
1/5/1955Kumari Mamata Promileswar Banerjee was born in Calcutta (West Bengal).
11/3/1999Dr. M. S. Swaminathan, well-known agricultural scientist, is selected for the UNESCO Gandhi gold medal.
8/10/1993Election Commission withdrew controversial order. By-polls to be held before 10.
1/4/1958Waverley John Anderson, Scottish viscount and Governor of Bengal, died at the age of 75.
5/5/1966Jan Congress Party was established in Orissa.