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Today In Indian History - Historical Events of India
Date | Event Name |
04/27/1526 |
Babur Shah was declared as the Emperor of Dehli. |
04/27/1606 |
Jahangir arrested Khusroo. |
04/27/1705 |
Aurangzeb captured the Fort of Vagingera. |
04/27/1748 |
Muhammad Shah, Mughal emperor, passed away and was succeeded by his son Ahmad Shah. |
04/27/1854 |
First telegram was sent between Mumbai and Pune. |
04/27/1857 |
Jamshedji Framji Madan ( J. F. Madan ), founder of India's first Cinema Hall - 'Elphinstone Palace' at Calcutta, Madan & Co. and Parsi Theatrical Company, was born. |
04/27/1878 |
Calcutta University started Women's Education, and allowed women to appear in the Entrance Examination. |
04/27/1906 |
China, as suzerain of Tibet, has agreed to the terms of a treaty proposed by Britain. According to the treaty, foreign powers may not send representatives to Tibet, receive transportation or mining concessions, or occupy, buy or lease any territory in Tibet without British permission. The British want to prevent the Russians from establishing a protectorate over Tibet, which lies on India's northern border. Lord Curzon, Viceroy of India, failed in attempts to communicate with Tibet's ruler, the Dalai Lama. A British military expedition fought its way to the capital at Lhasa and concluded the agreement. |
04/27/1907 |
Fearing uprising in Punjab, British arm volunteers. |
04/27/1918 |
Gandhiji attends Viceroy's War Conference at Delhi and addresses it in Hindustani; subsequently tours Kaira District to raise recruits for army. |
04/27/1919 |
Ustad Allarakha Khan, great Tabla player, was born. |
04/27/1920 |
Dr. Manibhai Desai, great Gandhian leader and Magssese Awardee, was born. |
04/27/1942 |
Gandhi condemns stationing of U.S. troops in India. |
04/27/1960 |
Presidential orders were issued on the report of the Committee of Parliament on official Languages which includes issues relating to preparation of terminology (Hindi glossaries, Hindia translation of codes and procedural literature, imparting training in Hindi to employees propagation of Hindi, language of bills, language to be used in the Supreme Court and High Court etc). |
04/27/1986 |
Congress (I) expels former Union Minister Pranab Kumar Mukherjee from the party for 6 years. |
04/27/1993 |
A national credit fund for women called the 'Rashtriya Mahila Kosh' set up. |
04/27/1994 |
Supreme Court strikes down section 309 of the Indian Penal Code(which makes suicide a punishable offence)- violative of Article 21. |
04/27/1996 |
First phase of election for 11th Lok Sabha, and assembly election in 6 states. |
04/27/1996 |
General Election (11th) of India begins. |
04/27/1997 |
CBI decides to prosecute Bihar CM Laloo Prasad Yadav, former CM Dr. Jagannath Mishra, Union Minister Chandra Deo Prasad Verma and 53 others in the Rs. 950 crore fodder scam case. |
04/27/2000 |
Arun Bharat Ram takes over as the president of the Confederation of Indian Industry. |
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Other Historical Dates and Events |
02/14/1881 | Rajendra Lal Dutta and M.M.Basu established the first Homoeopathic Medical College and Hospital in Calcutta. |
05/23/1997 | The body of controversial former chief of Tarn Taran district police Ajit Singh Sandhu is recovered from rail tracks near Bhakharpur About 30 km from Chandigarh. |
05/28/1414 | Khidr Khan Syed, Governor of Lahore, replaced Daulat Khan Lodi on Delhi's throne. |
01/23/1909 | New direct 7,000-mile telegraphic link with India is hailed as a great achievement at London. |
06/03/1890 | Khan Abdul Gafar Khan, follower of Mahatma Gandhi, was born. |
06/30/1981 | President's rule imposed in Assam. |
05/03/1969 | Shri Varahagiri Venkatagiri (1884-1980) became the acting President of India. |
06/29/1893 | Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis, physics, mathematics expert and founder of Indian Statistical Institute, was born at Calcutta. |
09/28/1909 | Jairaj, famous film actor, was born. His first film was 'Sparkling Youth' (1930). He was a receipant of Dada Saheb Phalke Award. Some of his films are 'Fight unto Death', 'All for love', 'Bhawani No Bhog', 'Pearl', 'Queen of Faries', 'The Enemy', 'My Hero'. |
10/02/1910 | D. Arkasomayaji, educationist, was born at Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh. |
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