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Today In Indian History - Historical Events of India
| Date | Event 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. |
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| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 01/29/1931 | Gandhiji sails for England as Congress delegate to Second Round Table Conference. This conference was attended by Madan Mohan Malaviya and Sarojini Naidu. |
| 07/20/1986 | India withdraws from Edinburgh Commonwealth Games. |
| 01/01/1985 | Doordarshan starts Malayalam telecast from Trivandrum. |
| 09/19/1990 | Rajeev Goswami, a student of Delhi University, attempts to self immolate himself in protest against the implementation of Mandal Commission Report. |
| 02/15/1920 | Kanti Mehta, trade unionist, was born at Calcutta. |
| 05/20/1878 | Krishnashastri Chiplunkar, Marathi novelist and omnicent, passed away. |
| 08/19/1993 | Utpal Dutt, famous actor, writer, director and producer, died. He was 64. |
| 01/04/1940 | Shrikant Sinkar, famous Marathi novelist, was born. |
| 11/16/1991 | 60 percent of the 23 million voters exercise their franchise in the by-elections to 15 Lok Sahba and 56 Assembly seats in 14 states. |
| 01/27/1931 | Mahatma Gandhi was released from jail, ending eight months of imprisonment for his campaign of civil disobedience against British rule. To avoid demonstrations, Gandhi was released late in the evening from the Yerovda jail and put on a night train to Bombay. There was hope in British circles that the release of Gandhi would end the strife and lead to discussions of dominion status. Gandhi made clear, however, that he would persist in his civil disobedience campaign. |
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