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Historical Event on 2/27/1912

Vishnu Waman Shirwadkar 'Kusumagraj', great Marathi poet, play-wright, novelist and Bhartiya Gyanpeeth Awardee, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/4/1964The First Diesel Engine came out of the Varanasi Diesel Engine Carshed.
10/2/1994Gandhi Peace Prize instituted on the lines of Nobel Peace Prize on the great leader's 125th birth anniversary.
4/2/1702Balaji Vishwanath Bhat, first Peshwa, passed away.
4/22/1915Hem Barua, famous Assami and English litterateur, was born.
5/15/1989NAL's 0.6 m transonic wind tunnel is commissioned. Total project cost is about Rs 20 million.
5/15/1989Amir Timur of Timur Lang invaded India with 92 squadrons of horses and 90,000 cavalry and reached the banks of Sindhu river near Atak city (now in Pakistan). He then attacked Delhi because its Muslim Sultanate was too tolerant of Hindu idolatry. A Mongolian follower of Sufism, he was one of the most ruthless of all conquerors. Timur crossed the Indus River at Attock (now in Pakistan) on 24 September 1398.
7/27/1949Agreement reached on the ceasefire line in Kashmir.
1/6/1947All India Congress Commitee accepted the division of country.
4/30/1996CBI concludes after 11 1/2 years of investigation that no espionage has taken place in what was dubbed the `ISRO spy scandal case'.
8/7/1988N. T. Ramarao elected chairman and V.P. Singh the convenor of the National Front.