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Historical Event on 4/27/1994
Supreme Court strikes down section 309 of the Indian Penal Code(which makes suicide a punishable offence)- violative of Article 21.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/18/1987 | Amitabh Bachhan resigns his Lok Sabha membership. |
| 5/9/1908 | Arkalgudun Krishnarao, Kannad writer, was born. |
| 7/1/1955 | S. P. Kampani, was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 18-07-1957. |
| 12/12/1959 | Krishnammachari Srikkanth, cricketer (big-hitting Indian opener 1981-92), was born in Madras. |
| 12/6/1892 | Rukmini Lakshmipathi, great social reformer and leader, was born at Madurai. |
| 7/16/1931 | C. T. Studd, 69, died. He was an English missionary, one of the 'Cambridge Seven,' who worked on the mission field in China, India and Central Africa. |
| 9/7/1995 | Mohammed Yousef Jameel, BBC stringer and special correspondent of The Asian Age, died in a parcel bomb explosion in Srinagar. |
| 12/30/1949 | India recognizes People's Republic of China. |
| 8/12/1952 | Social Welfare Board inaugurated in the Parliament. |
| 6/18/1988 | V.P.Singh defeats Congress rival Sunil Shastri in Allahabad Lok Sabha election. |
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