JIVRAJ NARAYAN MEHTA October 17, 1947:   93 cases of penicillin, a gift from the Canadian Red Cross to India arrived at New Delhi in a special plane from Canada on this day, were presented to Rajkumari Amrit Kaur, the then Health Minister in the Government of India at the Palam aerodrome. Dr. Jivraj Mehta, Director General of Health Services and Sardar Balwant Singh Puri of the Indian Red Cross were also present at the occasion.