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Historical Event on 4/27/1907
Fearing uprising in Punjab, British arm volunteers.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/10/1999 | P. Gopi Chand (A.P.) and Aparna Popat (Karnataka) won the men's and women's singles titles respectively in the National badminton championship in Delhi. |
| 9/11/1985 | Sri Lanka score their first Test victory by 149 runs against India. |
| 1/1/1989 | Dinkar Sakrikar, editor of monthly magzine 'Purva' and socialist, passed away. |
| 2/2/1958 | Family tradition still counts for something in Indian politics. Indira Gandhi, the only daughter of Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and the granddaughter of a statesman, has been elected president of the Congress party in India. Mrs. Gandhi will be installed into her new office next Sunday, and her job is not expected to be an easy one. The Congress party has been wracked by internal dissension and has been on the verge of collapse. It is hoped that Mrs. Gandhi, who is 41, will breath some new life into the party. Most of the politicians who have been arguing about the future of their party and country are fairly old. Mrs. Gandhi, who is known for her leftist sentiments, is expected to act quickly to put her own mark on party policies. |
| 10/12/1993 | National Environment Council with PM as chairperson set up. |
| 3/16/1997 | Saidian Shafi, correspondent, Ankhon Dekhi', TV news magazine, and his personal security officer killed by militants in Srinagar. |
| 7/16/1931 | C. T. Studd, 69, died. He was an English missionary, one of the 'Cambridge Seven,' who worked on the mission field in China, India and Central Africa. |
| 8/1/1846 | Dwarkanath Tagore, a Hindu philanthropist, died in London. |
| 6/3/1997 | Four women ministers (Renuka Choudhry, Kamala Sinha, Ratnamala Savanur & Jayanti Natarajan) join I K Gujral cabinet. |
| 6/28/1986 | Union Government sanctions maternity leave for unmarried women employees too. |
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