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Historical Event on 4/27/1705

Aurangzeb captured the Fort of Vagingera.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/26/1960More medals for armed forces were instituted including the Vishisht Seva Medal (in the classes), Sainya Seva Medal, Videsh Seva Medal and Sena, Nao Sena and Vayu Sena Medals.
3/10/1998B. B. Lyngdoh of the United Democratic Party is sworn in Chief Minister of Meghalaya. The 12-day-old Congress(I) Ministry resigned following the failure of the party nominee to be elected as Speaker.
1/19/1982Mizo National Front and allied organizations declared illegal.
1/30/1971Indian Airline's Fokker Friendship aircraft in India was hijacked to Lahore.
2/2/1949Press Trust of India' was established.
2/18/1996Kenya's first full One Day International Cricket match at Cricket World Cup vs India. Tendulkar scored 127* and India won over Kenya.
9/2/1894Vinayak Mishra, famous Oriya litterateur, critic and historian, was born.
6/9/199881 persons are killed as cyclone hits the Saurashtra and Kutch regions of Gujarat and Jalore district of Rajasthan. Subsequently, the toll is put at 934 in the Kutch-Saurashtra region alone.
9/29/1907Labour MP James Keir Hardie accuses UK of running India 'like the Czar runs Russia'
2/5/1936Baba Maharaj Satarkar (Nilkanth Gyaneshwar Gore - Satarkar) was born.