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Historical Event on 12/27/1985
The Indian National Congress party, led by Rajiv Gandhi, begins its centenary celebrations in Bombay. .
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/1/1962 | Gaya University renamed as Magadh University. |
| 4/14/1891 | Dr. Bhimrao Ramji 'Babasaheb' Ambedkar, India's great social reformer, politician, author, architect, lawyer and agitator, was born in Maharashtra. |
| 12/14/1895 | George VI, King of England (1936-52), was born. |
| 10/29/1996 | Kamini' (Kalpakkam Mini), a 30 KW research reactor which uses man-made Uranium-233 as fuel and the only working reactor of its kind in the world, attains 'criticality'. |
| 1/5/1995 | PM gives valedictory address at the 8th World Tamil Conference in Madurai. |
| 12/28/2000 | India, Russia sign their biggest yet defence deal for licensed production of the Sukhoi-30 MKI fighter jets worth $3 billion. |
| 10/24/1789 | Jean C Baud, Governor General of Dutch-Indies (1834-6), was born |
| 10/28/1984 | Federal agents early this morning caught Guru Shree Rajneesh trying to flee the country. Rajneesh was charged with violating immigration laws and arranging phoney marriages for his cult members. The religious leader was nabbed at Charlotte, North Carolina airport when his jet, bound for Bermuda, touched down for re-fueling. The Bhagwan ran a commune of about 1,500 people in Oregon. Thousands more cult members live in Rajneesh's native land India and other countries. He knew the federal government had no faith in him after his chief adviser, a woman named Ma Anand Sheela, was arrested in West Germany for several minor offenses. Rajneesh appeared in court on this date clad in a lavender robe. |
| 11/29/1953 | Benegal Narsing Rau, foremost Indian Jurist of his time, passed away at Zurich. He performed some very prominent duties towards the nation. He was Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir and a judge at the Permanent Court of International Justice at Hague. |
| 4/4/1991 | Gujarat CM Chimanbhai Patel JD (Gujarat)-to contest the elections with poll understanding with Congress (I). |
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