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Historical Event on 9/27/2000

The Union Cabinet decides to increase the number of Padma series of awards for excellence in different fields of activities from 60 to 100.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/30/1946Jawaharlal Nehru calls on Gandhiji, who says, ""My reason wholly supports my heart"".
2/16/1896Suryakant Tripathi 'Nirala', great Hindi poet, litterateur, writer, social worker and editor, was born.
9/24/1856Henry, first Viscount Hardinge of Lahore and Governor General of India, passed away.
5/2/1922Kedarnath Modi, great Industrialist in Maharashtra, was born.
3/17/1959Dalai Lama XIV flees from Tibet after Chinese military occupied Tibet.
6/25/1992BJP bags eleven seats in the biennial elections to the Rajya Sabha, Congress (I) secures seven.
12/4/1977Ajit Agarkar, promising Indian ODI all-rounder, was born.
3/5/1699Maharaja Jaisingh-II crowned as King of Jaipur kingdom and sat on Amber throne.
6/1/1955India's Untouchability (Offence) Act comes into force.
6/24/1990Defence scientists successfully test fired country's first third generation anti-tank missile 'NAG'.