K.R. NARAYANAN - Oct 27 - Birth Anniversary The tenth President of India The first Dalit and the first Malayali to become President Born in a poor family and could not afford to pay school fees and buy books
PRADEEP KUMAR - Oct 27 - Death Anniversary Former Indian Film Actor Had a special flavour for princely roles
IRFAN PATHAN - Oct 27 - Happy Birthday One and the only Indian bowler to take hat-trick in the first over of a test match   Second cricketer in the world to achieve this feat, the first being DNT Zoysa of Sri Lanka
AKBAR THE GREAT - Oct 27 - Death Anniversary He was the third and one of the greatest rulers of the Mughal Dynasty in India
SWAMI RAMA TIRTHA - Oct 27 - Death Anniversary An Indian teacher of the Hindu philosophy of Vedanta Among the first notable teachers of Hinduism to lecture in the United States (preceded by Swami Vivekananda in 1893 and followed by Paramahansa Yogananda in 1920)
WORLD DAY FOR AUDIOVISUAL HERITAGE - Oct 27 Observed to raise general awareness of the need for urgent measures to be taken and to acknowledge the importance of audiovisual documents as an integral part of national identity.