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Today In Indian History - Historical Events of India

DateEvent Name
07/27/1887 Sardar Davar Tehmuras Kavasji, social worker and lawyer, was born.
07/27/1889 Branch of Indian National Congress, 'British India Committee' , was established under the leadership of Dadabhai Navroji.
07/27/1910 Bande Ali Khan, great singer of `Beenkar' and `Kirana Gharana', passed away.
07/27/1914 Kalpana Dutta, great freedom fighter, was born at Chatgaon. (27th July, 1914).
07/27/1927 Krishna Baldev Vaid, famous story writer and novelist, was born.
07/27/1928 Rameshwar Sahai Saxena, famous writer, lawyer and journalist, was born at Lalitpur, (UP).
07/27/1941 Japanese forces land in Indo-China.
07/27/1947 Princes were appealed to regard people's paramountcy as a privilege.
07/27/1949 Agreement reached on the ceasefire line in Kashmir.
07/27/1959 Abbas Ali Baig scores 112 for India v England on debut.
07/27/1972 Charu Majumdar, father of Naxalite Movement and the founder President of C.O.I.(M-L), died in prison.
07/27/1982 Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi first visited the US in almost 11 years.
07/27/1986 The Supreme Court orders all-India test for medical seats.
07/27/1991 Army called out in Srinagar valley after an attack on security forces in which 17 persons were killed.
07/27/1992 Amjad Khan, famous film actor, died.
07/27/1993 Rao government defeats the no-confidence motion by 265-251 votes. Seven of the JD (A) vote with government as JD (A) and AIADMK decide to vote for no-confidence motion.
07/27/1994 Parliament votes to ban tests for determining the sex of an unborn child, as these tests have resulted in thousands of aborted female fetuses.
07/27/1995 11 Cong-I and National Conference activists were gunned down in J&K after they were abducted from their homes.
07/27/1998 Gian Singh, convicted for the murder of Sant Harchand Singh Longowal, is sentenced to death.
07/27/1998 B. B. Lyngdoh is sworn in Meghalaya Chief Minister.
07/27/1998 7 Hindus are gunned down in two Doda villages of Jammu and Kashmir.
07/27/1998 The Centre announces a hefty hike in the pay scales of university and college teachers.


 


Other Historical Dates and Events
06/30/2000The Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council adopts a resolution seeking separation from J&K.
01/03/1997Congress President Sitaram Kesri elected leader of Congress Parliamentary Party, and Sharad Pawar appointed leader of the Congress in the Lok Sabha.
06/13/1909E. M. S. Namboodiripad was born in Palghat in Kerala.
09/20/1878Hindu"", an English weekly in Madras with G. S. Aiyer as its Editor, was first published with only 80 copies.
03/18/1896Pandit Kunjilal Dubey, freedom fighter, educationalist and politician, was born at Amgaon, District Narsinghpur.
04/22/1870Vladimir IIyich Lenin, revolutionary freedom fighter and politician, was born at Simbrisk, Volga.
01/19/1977World's largest crowd--12.7 million--gather for Indian religious festival 'Kumbh Mela'.
03/19/1939Abbas Ali Baig, cricketer (Indian bat 112 on debut v England 1959), was born in Hyderabad.
09/17/1950Govt. grants diplomatic recognition to Israel.
04/08/1774Narayan Rao's posthumous son, Madhav Rao, was seen as a challenge to Raghunath Rao only when he was 10 days old.