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Historical Event on 9/27/1972
Shri Shiyali Ramamrita Ranganathan, prolific author and first librarian of the University of Madras, passed away at the age of 80 at Bangalore.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/6/1903 | Russia increases import duties on Indian and Ceylon tea in retaliation for British import policies in Moscow. |
| 6/20/1995 | Mayavati Government wins vote of confidence. |
| 8/18/1969 | Humayun Kabir, great politician, died. |
| 1/19/1951 | Amritlal Vithaldas Thakkar (Thakkarbappa), social reformer of Gujrat and right hand of Gandhiji in socially segregated Harijans, passed away. |
| 10/15/1990 | Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Dr. Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (b-1918), the South African black nationalist leader who arrived in India on a five-day visit. He is the first non-Asian to get this honour. |
| 12/25/1995 | First major multi-organ transplant in the country performed in Apollo Hospital in Madras. |
| 8/5/1986 | Vellupillai Prabakaran, Tamil rebel leader, died. The vision of secession for Sri Lanka's Tamil minority may have come to an end. But so, too, might the violence that the nation had endured. Today, Tamil rebel leader Vellupillai Prabakaran accepted the peace accord signed last week by India and Sri Lanka. Prabakaran surrendered to Indian forces and his men turned over their weapons. The pact is seen as a compromise by the co-signers. But to the dejected Tamil leader, who has fought since childhood for a Tamil victory, it was a stinging defeat. The treaty creates an autonomous multi-religious zone in the eastern and northern provinces. The rebels dreamed and passed away for a separate state of their own. |
| 6/24/1869 | Hari Chapekar Damodar was born virtually. He was the first terrorist of India. |
| 11/9/1948 | Administration of Mayurbhanj State taken over by the Government of India. |
| 7/22/1956 | Quake shatters town of Anjar; claiming 117 lives, 800 people were missing. |
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