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Historical Event on 2/27/1956

G. V. Mavlankar, first speaker of Lok Sabha, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/22/1962Bakhra-Nangal Dam, a multipurpose river valley project, was dedicated to the nation by Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.
11/5/1999The CBI arrests the Bihar Road Construction Minister Illiyas Hussain and conducts raids in the Bitumen scam case.
3/24/1977Ban on RSS and 26 other organisations lifted.
1/26/1876Railway route started between Mumbai and Calcutta.
10/29/1997P. Chidambaram, Finance Minister, says Indian rupee will be made fully and freely convertible by year 2000.
11/13/1908Yeshwantrao Hindurao Ghorpade, former ruler and great industrialist, was born.
12/24/1921Rabindranath Tagore established ""Visva Bharati"" at Santiniketan with Brojendra Nath Seal as the chief guest.
3/15/1908Police shoot four people in rioting.
11/3/1996Deve Gowda, PM, to attend G-15 summit in Harare. This was his first foreign trip as PM.
4/2/1948Defence Minister announces the establishment of the National War Academy in Kharakvasla, Poona.