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Historical Event on 9/27/1760
Mir Zafar was deposed and his son-in-law Mir Kasim became the Nawab of Bengal. He ruled till July 7, 1763.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/27/1929 | Jawaharlal Nehru hoists the national flag at the All India National Congress session held in Lahore. They resolved for ""Purna Swaraj"" (complete independence) on the instance of Gandhiji, the Viceroy of India that time was Lord Irwin. |
| 3/31/1997 | The Bombay Stock Exchange crashes by 300 points. |
| 7/25/1987 | Ramaswamy Venkataraman became the eighth President of India. He held this office till July 25, 1992. |
| 6/6/1996 | 14 Janata Dal legislators revolt in Karnataka against the composition of the J H Patel ministry. |
| 4/3/1857 | Queen Victoria declared as Queen of India also. |
| 6/6/1890 | Gopinath Bardoloi, architect of modern Assam, freedom fighter and leader, was born. |
| 12/26/1989 | The Constitution 62nd Amendment Bill, seeking to extend reservation for scheduled castes and scheduled tribes in Lok Sabha and state assemblies for another ten years, approved in Parliament. |
| 5/18/1966 | Panchanan Maheshwari, great Indian scientist of botany, passed away. He studied the morphology, anatomy and embryology of some angiosperms, the class of plants which produce flowers. He discovered species of plants like ""Panchanania Jaipuriensis and Isoeted Panchananil."" He wrote two authoritative books, 'An Introduction to the Embryology of Angiosperms' & 'Recent Advances in Embryology on Angiosperms'. In 1951, he founded the International Society of plant Morphologists. |
| 6/18/1978 | The Karakoram Highway, linking Gilgit in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir with Sinkiang in China, is opened. |
| 6/18/1978 | Allauddin Masood Shah, Sultan of Dehli, was thrown off the throne. |
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