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Historical Event on 4/27/1994

Supreme Court strikes down section 309 of the Indian Penal Code(which makes suicide a punishable offence)- violative of Article 21.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/26/1993The Centre decides to implement the Mandal Commission recommendation to provide 27\% reservation for the socially and educationally backward classes in the Central Services from 15th June.
4/13/1988Mother Teresa asks Margret Thatcher for help to set up a hostel for London's elderly homeless in UK.
7/13/1997A mob, allegedly of Shiv Sainiks, attacks and ransacks official residences of Congress leaders Chagan Bhujbal and Madhukar Pichad (Assembly).
6/3/1912Sohrab Pirojsha Godrej, great industrialist, was born.
1/19/1997Air India triumphs in the National Women's Cricket championship in Calcutta.
10/17/1997Prime Minister lays foundation stone of the Science City being set up at Jalandhar, Punjab.
7/28/1999Shiv Sena president Bal Thackeray is banned from voting and contesting in any election for six years from December 11, 1995 on the recommendations of the Election Commission.
7/7/1999The Indian Army recaptures Jubar height in the Batalik sector.
2/4/1628Shahjahan was enthroned and proclaimed emperor at Agra.
3/3/1847Alexander Graham Bell, great pioneer, inventor and professor, was born at Edinburgh, Scotland.