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Historical Event on 4/27/1857
Jamshedji Framji Madan ( J. F. Madan ), founder of India's first Cinema Hall - 'Elphinstone Palace' at Calcutta, Madan & Co. and Parsi Theatrical Company, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/18/2000 | Prasar Bharati issues a notification making it compulsory for cable operators to telecast regional channels of Doordarshan on prime band, in addition to DD-1 and DD-2, in their respective states. |
| 4/18/1991 | Kerala declared the first fully literate state in the country. |
| 12/5/1950 | Sri Aurobindo Ghosh, great revolutionary, freedom fighter and teacher, passed away. |
| 11/19/1838 | Keshab Chandra Sen (1838-84), nationalist leader of Bengal, was born in Calcutta. He was one of the first Indians to sow the seeds of secularism in the country. He joined the Brahmo Samaj in 1857 but seperated from it in 1866 and founded Brahma Samaj of India, a radical offshoot of the Adi Brahmo Samaj. |
| 5/26/1957 | Janta Insurance Scheme was inaugurated in Bombay. |
| 3/12/1942 | British troops vacate the Andaman in Gulf of Bengal. |
| 6/17/1993 | Congress (I) working committee reaffirms its faith in Rao; BJP asks for PM's resignation . |
| 5/13/1905 | Fakruddin Ali Ahmed, the fifth President of India, was born at Delhi. |
| 11/28/1704 | Jacob Mossel, Governor General (Dutch East Indies), was born. |
| 11/15/1913 | Ravindranath Tagore (1861-1941), received the message that he was awarded with Noble Prize in literature for his collection of poems ""Gitanjali"" . He was the first Indian to be awarded with Nobel Prize. (13 or 15) |
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