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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 |
| 04/01/1995 | The Airports Authority of India (AAI) formed by the merger of IAAI and NAA. AAI manages five international airports, 87 domestic airports and 28 civil enclaves. |
| 12/11/1922 | Dilip Kumar, famous film actor, was born. |
| 08/20/1986 | A restructured 20-point programme announced. |
| 05/11/1998 | Three momentous events took place on the day that did the nation proud. Firstly, three underground nuclear tests at Pokhran Range in Rajasthan, which included a hydrogen bomb, were tested; secondly, the successful test firing of the 'Trishul Missile' and thirdly, the maiden Certification test flight of 'Hansa-3', the first-all Composite indigenous two seater aircraft. |
| 06/11/1999 | India provided incontrovertible tape evidence of Pakistan's involvement in the Kargil sector. The Indian army killed 23 intruders in the Batalik and Dras sectors but lost 15 of its men. |
| 03/09/1902 | Edward Durell Stone, US architect (US Embassy, New Delhi), was born. |
| 06/21/1991 | P. V. Narasimha Rao was sworn in as the ninth Prime Minister of India. He reimained in this office till May 16, 1996. He formed a 54-member ministry in the 10th Parliament. |
| 04/26/1999 | India's Atanu Lahiri and Bhagyashree Thipsay won the men's and women's titles respectively in the Commonwealth chess championship in Bikaner. |
| 01/16/1990 | All Governors asked to resign. |
| 10/06/1999 | INLD-BJP combine wins by big margin in Haryana. |
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