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Today In Indian History - Historical Events of India
Date | Event Name |
09/27/1703 |
More than 8,000 people died in a cyclone in England. |
09/27/1760 |
Mir Zafar was deposed and his son-in-law Mir Kasim became the Nawab of Bengal. He ruled till July 7, 1763. |
09/27/1833 |
Raja Rammohan Roy, great social reformer, lawyer and politician passed away at Stapleton Grove in England. |
09/27/1856 |
Pratap Narayan Mishra, Hindi writer, was born. He is one of the pioneers of mordern Hindi language. |
09/27/1873 |
Vithalbhai Patel, great freedom fighter, social worker, nationalist leader, politician and President of the Central Assembly, was born at Karmasad, Gujarat. |
09/27/1907 |
Bhagat Singh, the legendary revolutionary, was born at Banga in West Punjab, Layalpur now in Pakistan. |
09/27/1908 |
Shiv Verma, great soldier, was born. |
09/27/1925 |
Rashtriya Swayansewak Sangh was established. |
09/27/1958 |
Mihir Sen becomes the first Indian to cross the English Channel from Dover to Calais. |
09/27/1972 |
Shri Shiyali Ramamrita Ranganathan, prolific author and first librarian of the University of Madras, passed away at the age of 80 at Bangalore. |
09/27/1974 |
Pankaj Dharmani, Indian ODI batsman (1997), was born. |
09/27/1977 |
Sanjiva Reddy was elected Speaker of the Lok Sabha. Government revokes the external emergency promulgated on December 3, 1971. |
09/27/1989 |
The second test launching of India's surface-to-surface missile, 'Prithvi', from Sri Harikota was successful. |
09/27/1989 |
Hemanta Kumar Mukherjee, noted playback singer and music director, died. |
09/27/1990 |
Kabita Garari sets record for 10 Km W (Women) in 48.10 at Beijing Asian Games. |
09/27/1993 |
Daily newspaper of Marathi Language ""Samna"" started its publication at Sambhaji Nagar (Aurangabad). |
09/27/1995 |
Cellular phone service operates for the first time in Delhi. |
09/27/1995 |
73 people died in a coal mine accident in Gaslitand in Dhanbad district, Bihar, when flood water leaked into the mine. |
09/27/1999 |
Harshad Mehta and three others are convicted for misappropriating surplus funds of the Maruti Udyog Ltd. |
09/27/2000 |
Gurucharan Singh goes down fighting to Andri Fedtchouk of Ukraine in the 81 Kg bout of the Olympics boxing. |
09/27/2000 |
The Union Cabinet decides to increase the number of Padma series of awards for excellence in different fields of activities from 60 to 100. |
09/27/2000 |
Venus Williams of USA claims the women's gold in the tennis event in the Sydney Olympics. |
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Other Historical Dates and Events |
04/29/1997 | R. N. Malhotra, 71, former RBI Governor, died. |
10/27/1907 | Brahma Bandhav Upadhyay died. |
03/21/1836 | National Library was established. |
11/16/1835 | Rani Lakshmibai of Jhansi was born in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. She was named Manikarnika and was called 'Manu'. (16 or19). |
10/04/1977 | Atal Bihari Vajpayee, External Affairs Minister of India, addressed the UNO General Assembly in Hindi language. |
01/24/1950 | Dr. Rajendra Prasad became the first President of India. |
01/18/1995 | Kumble takes 16-99 in a match for Karnataka vs Kerala. |
03/08/1963 | Gursharan Singh Narainsingh, cricketer (Indian batsman played one Test 1989-90), was born in Amritsar. |
03/09/1998 | Vishwanathan Anand,Chess legend, wins the Super Grand Master Title. |
10/01/1903 | Sachindev Burman (S. D. Burman), famous film music director, was born. |
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