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Historical Event on 12/27/1996
Mahashweta Devi, Bengali litterateur, win the Gyanpith Award.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/9/1999 | Ashok Mitra (82), noted writer, academician and former bureaucrat, died in Calcutta. |
| 4/26/1995 | SAARC decides to launch South Asia Preferential Trade Area (SAPTA). |
| 10/18/1901 | Mahatma Gandhi sails for India. |
| 8/25/1960 | Olympics opened at Rome. |
| 3/14/1895 | Nihalsing Gurumukh, former Chief Minister of Delhi and Governer of Rajasthan, was born. |
| 3/27/1977 | The government revoked the national Emergency promulgated on Dec. 3, 1971. |
| 12/4/1910 | Motilal, famous film actor, was born. |
| 8/7/1985 | Geet Sethi, national champion, was the third Indian to become World Amateur Billiards Champion by beating Robert Marshal of Australia. |
| 11/1/1936 | Dr. Adarsh Sein Anand, justice, was born at Jammu (J & K State). He was the Chief Justice of India from 10/10/1998. |
| 6/1/1955 | India's Untouchability (Offence) Act comes into force. |
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