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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
07/06/1935Dalai Lama, the 14th incarnate and religious leader of Tibet, was born. He was born to Tenzin Gyotso (His Holiness the VIVth Dalai Lama) in Taksten Village, Chhija Nangso, Tibet. He was awarded with Nobel Prize for Peace in 1989.
03/26/1931New Delhi replaces Calcutta as capital of British-Indies.
02/20/1928Abaji Narayan Pednekar, children's story writer, was born.
04/11/1999The DRDO has successfully flight tested AGNI-11 with a range of 2000 km, using solid propellant rocket motors in both stages and rail mobile launcher system from its new launch complex in the Orissa Coast. With this launch the country has reached the point of operationalisation of AGNI-11 as a weapon system. (1-1-2000).
08/10/1894Varahagiri Venkata Giri, the fourth former President of India, was born at Berhampur in Orissa. He was one of the patriarchs of Trade Union Movement of India.
11/27/1962Britain agreed to supply arms to India.
10/21/1947The office of Controller of Military Accounts (Pensions), Lahore was bifurcated and the pension work relating to Indian nationals was transferred to Allahabad.
05/23/1895Shivprasad Sitar-E-Hind passed away.
06/01/1790A treaty was signed between Marathas, Britishers and Nizam.
10/16/1905Bengal was partitioned by Lord Curzon on the pretext of it being too big to administer. Instead of dividing it on the basis of non-Bengali areas, the division was on the basis of Hindus and Muslims. Britishers thought that would succeed in increasing Hindu - Muslim tensions. The tremor of partition was felt throughout India and was regarded as an insult and challenge to Indian Nationalism. A movement was launched by the moderates. New method of protests 'Swadeshi and Swaraj' became the slogan of the common man and the whole of India was drawn into the national movement.