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Historical Event on 1/27/1996

'Prithvi', surface-to-surface missile, test-fired successfully.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/10/1844Badruddin Taibjee, lawyer and leader, was born.
3/11/1997Sadhana Mukherjee, a sex-worker from Calcutta, represents India at the first international conference on prostitution beginning in Los Angeles.
6/1/1970Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Act was enforced. This act was passed in 1969.
11/2/1972ICMR set up a chain of regional centres of National Nutrition Monitoring and 500 Indians seize Washington Bureaux in different parts of India.
9/4/1927World fliers reach Karachi, India.
6/5/1996United Front Govt's Common Minimum Programme announced.
5/25/1999India blasts its way into the global satellite launch vehicle market with the PSLV-C2 deploying two foreign satellites besides the Indian remote sensing satellite, IRS-P4.
12/12/1925Dattatreya Gajanan Phadkar alias ""Dattu"" Phadkar, cricketer (pace bowler all-rounder for India), Kolhapur, Maharastra, was born.
4/14/1998Kushabhau Thakre is declared elected BJP president.
4/18/1931Lord Willingdon took over as the Viceroy of India.