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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
8/8/1912Prabhulal Bhatnagar, mathematician and Padmabhushan awardee, was born.
6/6/1997New economic grouping BIST-EC (Bangladesh-India-Sri Lanka-Thailand Economic Cooperation forum) comes into being.
8/26/1996Supreme Court asks Harshad Mehta to pay Rs. 217 crore to the Income Tax department.
3/1/1916Habib Rahman, great Architect, was born at Calcutta.
8/1/1957M. K. Vellodi was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 04-06-1958.
10/31/1875Vallabhbhai Zaverbhai Patel, 'Iron man of India', was born at Nadiad, Gujarat. He was also the first Deputy Prime Minister of India. His father had served in the army of the Rani of Jhansi against Britishers.
6/13/1999The Indian army secures the strategic Tololing peak in the Dras sector.
8/20/1917Raja Kulkarni, freedom fighter and politician, was born at Mhaswa village in Maharashra.
7/4/1991Fourth test of missile 'Prithvi'.
3/23/1995Shakti Chattopadhyay, famous poet, passed away.