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Today In Indian History - Historical Events of India
| Date | Event Name |
| 09/27/1703 |
More than 8,000 people died in a cyclone in England. |
| 09/27/1760 |
Mir Zafar was deposed and his son-in-law Mir Kasim became the Nawab of Bengal. He ruled till July 7, 1763. |
| 09/27/1833 |
Raja Rammohan Roy, great social reformer, lawyer and politician passed away at Stapleton Grove in England. |
| 09/27/1856 |
Pratap Narayan Mishra, Hindi writer, was born. He is one of the pioneers of mordern Hindi language. |
| 09/27/1873 |
Vithalbhai Patel, great freedom fighter, social worker, nationalist leader, politician and President of the Central Assembly, was born at Karmasad, Gujarat. |
| 09/27/1907 |
Bhagat Singh, the legendary revolutionary, was born at Banga in West Punjab, Layalpur now in Pakistan. |
| 09/27/1908 |
Shiv Verma, great soldier, was born. |
| 09/27/1925 |
Rashtriya Swayansewak Sangh was established. |
| 09/27/1958 |
Mihir Sen becomes the first Indian to cross the English Channel from Dover to Calais. |
| 09/27/1972 |
Shri Shiyali Ramamrita Ranganathan, prolific author and first librarian of the University of Madras, passed away at the age of 80 at Bangalore. |
| 09/27/1974 |
Pankaj Dharmani, Indian ODI batsman (1997), was born. |
| 09/27/1977 |
Sanjiva Reddy was elected Speaker of the Lok Sabha. Government revokes the external emergency promulgated on December 3, 1971. |
| 09/27/1989 |
The second test launching of India's surface-to-surface missile, 'Prithvi', from Sri Harikota was successful. |
| 09/27/1989 |
Hemanta Kumar Mukherjee, noted playback singer and music director, died. |
| 09/27/1990 |
Kabita Garari sets record for 10 Km W (Women) in 48.10 at Beijing Asian Games. |
| 09/27/1993 |
Daily newspaper of Marathi Language ""Samna"" started its publication at Sambhaji Nagar (Aurangabad). |
| 09/27/1995 |
Cellular phone service operates for the first time in Delhi. |
| 09/27/1995 |
73 people died in a coal mine accident in Gaslitand in Dhanbad district, Bihar, when flood water leaked into the mine. |
| 09/27/1999 |
Harshad Mehta and three others are convicted for misappropriating surplus funds of the Maruti Udyog Ltd. |
| 09/27/2000 |
Gurucharan Singh goes down fighting to Andri Fedtchouk of Ukraine in the 81 Kg bout of the Olympics boxing. |
| 09/27/2000 |
The Union Cabinet decides to increase the number of Padma series of awards for excellence in different fields of activities from 60 to 100. |
| 09/27/2000 |
Venus Williams of USA claims the women's gold in the tennis event in the Sydney Olympics. |
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| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 01/15/1988 | Narendra Hirwani makes a world record by capturing 16 West Indies wickets on Test debut at Chidambaram Stadium in Madras. |
| 09/30/1963 | The USSR openly louded Indian view on Kashmir issue. This was against Pakistan's motives. |
| 10/13/1991 | Shatrughan Sinha, film star, decides to contest New Delhi Lok Sabha seat on a BJP ticket against Rajesh Khanna, the Congress nominee. |
| 05/07/1834 | East India Company annexed Coorg. King Raja Veer Rajendra, who was a cruel ruler, after formally declaring a war had captured Durg State. |
| 04/01/1995 | Open General Licence (OGL) list expanded from 43 to 75 as import of consumer goods liberalised. |
| 12/12/1964 | HJT-16, the first Indian jet trainer, made its inaugural flight. |
| 01/22/1858 | Veer Narayan Singh, freedom fighter, was sentenced to death. |
| 03/26/1942 | Indira Gandhi, third Prime Minister of India, was married to Feroze Gandhi. |
| 01/20/1997 | Indian Express launches its 18th edition from Belgaum. |
| 04/29/1948 | Natraj Kamakshi, modern social reformer and journalist, passed away. |
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