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Historical Event on 12/27/1998

Churches and missionary schools come under attack and many were injured in a fresh outbreak of communal violence in Surat and Dangs district of Gujarat even as the Bajrang Dal and the Vishwa Hindu Parishad announce the stepping up of their stir against the alleged conversion of Hindus.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/9/1993Passport fees raised from Rs. 60 to Rs.300.
11/18/1997Puttaveeramma of Ishwatha Ashrama Vidyaranyapuram, Vishveshwara Nagar, Mysore, conferred with the 'Rajiv Gandhi Manav Seva Award 1997' for lifelong exemplary service to poor destitute women, in particular deaf and dumb girl children.
4/2/1987Indian Standards Institution becomes Bureau of Indian Standards.
3/25/1905Mirza Rasid Ali Baig, famous Indian politician, was born.
9/4/1927World fliers reach Karachi, India.
12/25/1936Ismail Merchant, producer (Householder), was born in Bombay, India.
11/16/1883Pandit Baburao Vishnu Paradkar, eminent Hindi editor and journalist, was born at Varanasi.
12/3/1989Mulayam Singh Yadav named UP CM.
1/17/1905Dattaraya Ramchandra Kaprekar was born at Dahanu near Bombay. He discovered the shortest possible routes to solve mathematical problems. In 1927, he won the wrangler R. P. Paranjpe Mathematical Prize for an Original Piece of work in mathematics. He discovered 'Kaprekar Constant' in 1946. It is the number ""6174"". The constant 6174 is arrived at and this number then generates itself into one set of numbers called ""self numbers"" that is also known by his name. Kaprekar passed away in 1988.
2/19/1994IRBM Agni Missile test fired successfully for the third time.