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Historical Event on 6/27/1998

Mr. Nikhil Chakravartty, journalist and chairman of Prasar Bharati, dies in New Delhi at 84.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/10/1894Varahagiri Venkata Giri, the fourth former President of India, was born at Berhampur in Orissa. He was one of the patriarchs of Trade Union Movement of India.
2/25/1992Railway budget proposes 20\% hike in upper class passenger fares.
10/3/1996Second phase of UP polling.
10/26/1886Godavarish Mishra, famous Orria poet, playwright and patriot, was born.
1/28/1853Jose Marti, great author and politician, was born at Cuba.
1/17/1952The pension work of CDA (Factories), Calcutta and the Defence civilians in ordnance factories was transferred to the office of the CDA (P), Allahabad.
8/11/1911Prem Bhatia, great journalist, was born.
4/8/1894Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, famous novelist and writer of national song 'Vande Mataram', died at the age of 55. Some of his writings are 'Anandmath' and 'Kapal Kundala'.
7/30/2000Punjab Police men and Indian Railways women claim the Federation Cup basketball tournament at Visakhapatnam.
8/15/1972Postal Index Number (PIN Code) of 6-digits was introduced.