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Historical Event on 4/27/1996

General Election (11th) of India begins.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/7/1990Foundation stones are laid in Ayodhya for a new temple at the birthplace of Lord Rama as Hindu nationalism rises. Government disallows the Shilanyas.
3/10/1995Ashok Padbidri, famous journalist and editor, died.
7/30/1993CBI arrests Bhupen Dalal and three other brokers for cheating of LIC Mutual Funds involving Rs.173 crore.
4/11/2000Ms. Jhumpa Lahiri, an author of Indian origin, wins the Pulitzer Prize for fiction for her debut collection of short stories 'Interpreter of Maladies'.
2/11/1959Vinoo Mankad plays his final Test Cricket (vs West Indies at Delhi).
7/6/1927Vyankatesh Dingambar Madgulkar, great Marathi story writer and novelist, was born.
1/1/1948India raised voice against Pakistani infilatration in the country. A complaint was lodged in the Security Council of United Nation on Kashmir invasion.
1/29/1996S.R. Bommai was replaced by Laloo Prasad Yadav as Janata Dal president.
1/19/1919Omprakash Mehra, former Indian Air Chief Marshal and former Governor of Maharashtra, was born.
1/14/1993The Supreme Court absolves Railway Minister Jaffer Sharief of corruption charges in the wagon deal with Asea Brown Boveri.