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Historical Event on 8/27/1918
Nemichandra Jain, stage critic, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/16/1994 | Military Museum established at Ahmadnagar. |
| 11/29/1988 | Rajiv Gandhi, grandson of Jawaharlal Nehru, resigned as Prime Minister of India, a country which had been ruled by his family for all but five of its 42 years of independence. The end of the dynasty came after elections that were both violent and inconclusive, neither Gandhi's Congress party nor the opposition National Front received a clear majority, although the latter had a few more votes. The only real winner was the fundamentalist Hindu party, Bharatiya Janata, which is now the power broker. If the National Front wants to rule, its leader V.P. Singh needs the religious group's support. |
| 12/24/1993 | Khanprabha Bhaduri, famous Bengali poet and writer, died. |
| 10/15/1946 | Muslim League decides to participate in the Interim Government. |
| 8/1/1988 | Air Chief Marshal Surinder Kumar Mehra PVSM, AVSM, VM, ADC., became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 31/July/1991. |
| 2/20/1976 | Production of Crude Oil started from offshore Bombay High near Mumbai. |
| 2/22/1996 | Madanlal Khurana, Delhi CM, resigns (Hawala scandal). |
| 11/7/1998 | Jiwan Singh Umrangal (84), Akali leader and former Punjabi Minister, dies in hospital in Beas. |
| 1/8/1992 | D. P. Sahastrabuddhe 'Anand', editor of monthly magzine, passed away. |
| 2/6/1996 | Supreme Court upholds election of CPI (M) leader O. Bharathan to Kerala Assembly from Edakkad (91). |
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