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Historical Event on 7/23/1927

Daily radio transmission broadcasting in India started by Bombay Radio Station. This was the first Commercial Radio Station.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/12/1971Jaikishen, famous Hindi film music director, died.
4/4/1997World Bank Atlas for 1997 put India as world's fifth largest economy in terms of purchasing power parity estimated around $1318 trillion.
5/18/1872Bertrand Russell, great philosopher, mathematician, author and Chairmain of the Indian League, was born.
5/25/1933All young Hindus aged between 12 and 25 years were forced to carry identity cards to prevent spread of terrorism.
1/24/2000Supreme Court imposes, with immediate effect, a ban on industries in Delhi and Haryana from discharging untreated industrial effluents into the Yamuna.
5/25/1936Rusi Framroz Surti, cricketer (Indian slow lefty, hat-trick for Qld 1969), was born in Surat, Gujarat.
9/22/1869Shri Valangaiman Sankaranarayana Srinivasa Shastri, great scholar of Sanskrit, master, politician, social reformer, President of India and educationist, was born at Valangaiman village, Tamil Nadu.
10/18/1925Narayandatt Tiwar, former Central minister and Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, was born.
3/3/1997Indian Socialist Party headed by Arangil Sridharan merges with Lok Sakthi. It was floated by Ramakrishna Hedge.
3/16/1939Subroto Mukherjee became the first Indian Officer to command a squadron when he took over No.1.