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Historical Event on 1/27/1988

The first ever helicopter mail service was inaugurated at Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The first flight was from Port Blair to Havelock Island and its inaugurated by the Governer of Andaman and Nicobar Island.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/13/1999Floods claim 15 more lives in Bihar.
2/15/1992Kesri Publications started the first Indian newspaper in `Brail' lipi (language).
8/29/1991Second operational Indian Remote Sensing satellite (IRS-1B) launched by a Russian launch vehicle, Vostok. It is still in service.
7/25/1977B. D. Jathi retired from the post of second acting President.
4/15/1963Manoj Prabhakar, cricketer (Indian opening batsman & opening bowler), was born in Ghaziabad.
7/31/1997Election Commission agrees to grant national party status to Bahujan Samaj Party but asks it to give up its election symbol--elephant.
9/21/1898Tushar Kanti Ghosh, famous journalist, was born.
7/22/1991Pandit Basavraj Rajguru, great singer, passed away.
10/16/1999Geet Sethi bagged the Fred Davis award as the "Billiards Player of the Year 1998-99'
2/16/1969Mirza Ghalib centenary stamp released.