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Historical Event on 6/27/1966

D. S. Joshi was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 31-12-1968.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/27/1966Humayun reconquered Delhi after defeating Sher - Shar Alias Sikandar Suri in Machiwara and Sarhind battles. It is said that he won the crown but not the empire.
3/9/1897Fans start calling the team 'Indians' (in 1915 it became official).
3/1/1917Kartar Singh Duggal, famous author, was born at Dhamyal, Pakistan.
8/15/1969Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) formed under Department of Atomic Energy.
12/21/1903Bhalchandra Digambar Garware, famous industrailist, was born.
1/14/1998Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to M. S. Subbualakshmi (b 1916).
7/6/1944Mahatama Gandhi was for the first time addressed as 'Father of Nation'.
8/21/1988500 killed near the Nepal border in an earthquake measuring 6.7 on the Richter scale.
12/23/1995The crew of the seized aircraft in Bombay confess dropping of arms at Purulia.
7/18/1980Second Experimental launch of Space Launch Vehicle -3 (SLV-3) by Indian made 35 kilogram Rohini satellite (RS-1) successfully placed in orbit. It was used for measuring in-flight performance of second experimental launch of SLV-3. The launch took from Sriharikota and India became the sixth nation to put a satellite into orbit.