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Historical Event on 10/27/1923

Arvind Navinchandra Mafatlal, famous industrialist, was born.

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9/17/1924Popati Ramchand Hiranandani, famous Hindi writer, was born at Hyderabad in Sind.
7/26/1927Gulabrai Sipahahimalani Ramchand, cricketer (valuable all-rounder in 33 Tests for India), was born in Karachi.
11/10/1938Mustafa Kemal Ataturk passed away at Istanbul.
1/31/1960Milkha Singh at Lahore sets record for 200m in 20.7s.
4/20/1971Air India started Boing 707 Jumbo Jet flight between Bombay and London.
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9/15/1860M. Visveswarayya, maker of modern Karnataka, was born. He was a notable engineer too.
10/1/1932Indian Milatary Academy became functional with Brigadier LP Collins, DSO, OBE as the Commandant. The first course of 40 GCs had on its rolls Sam Manekshaw, Smith Dun and Mohd Musa, later to be Chiefs of the armies of their respective countries, i.e. India, Burma (now Myanmar) and Pakistan. This training was for a period of two and a half years.