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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
10/24/1851First official telegraph line was opened between Calcutta and Daimond Harbour spanning 33.8 km.
7/4/1994Labhuben Mehta, famous Gujrathi author, died.
1/3/1997Olympian Jaspal Rana sets new national mark in junior men's sports pistol 25 metres in National Shooting in Asansol.
2/23/1998Ramdeo Singh, freedom fighter, is shot dead at Salaunchak village in Bihar.
5/12/1997Prime Ministers of India and Pakistan agree to set up joint working groups on a range of issues to be identified by Foreign Secretaries.
8/27/1987B. Shankaranand appointed Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee to enquire into the Bofors gun deal.
3/16/1997The first batch of three Russian-made Sukhoi-30 combat aircraft reaches India.
1/15/1998Gulzari Lal Nanda, Gandhian freedom fighter and twice acting Prime Minister in 1964 and 1966, died in Ahmedabad at the age of 100 years.
5/24/1992D. R. Bhagwat, veteran journalist, passed away.
12/27/1976The Kangla Tongbi war memorial built for 221 members who laid down their lives to repulsed several waves of Japanese attacks. Advance Base Depot is shifted to Jabalpur. The original memorial was erected on 15 April 1946 from local stone and the main epitaph displayed above is of black Naga stone.