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Historical Event on 12/27/1985

The Indian National Congress party, led by Rajiv Gandhi, begins its centenary celebrations in Bombay. .

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/14/1968Chaggan Baba (Chagganlal Karamshi Parekh), great social worker and founder of Mahila Griha Udyog and Lijjat Papad, died.
12/20/1992BJP launches campaign to oust Rao government; Vajpayee goes on fast.
4/23/1991Major parties agree to have polls in Punjab.
12/28/1932Britain says it is to release 28,000 prisoners, including Gandhi.
2/2/1862Pandit Shambhunath was the first Indian to become Judge of Indian High Court.
10/14/1910Further unrest took place in Lhasa, Tibet, following the arrest of Dalai Lama's agent by the Chinese on the Chinese frontier with India.
12/7/1993Lalthanhwala sworn in CM of Mizoram.
8/12/1928The Olympic Games hosted by Amsterdam fully realized Pierre de Coubertin's vision: 'the nations of the world in friendly competition'. After a succession of Olympics dominated by North America and Western Europe, Amsterdam welcomed more than 3,000 competitors.
10/31/2000The Income Tax Department 'indicts' five cricketers - Kapil Dev, Ajay Jadeja, Manoj Prabhakar, Nikhil Chopra and Ajay Sharma - for tax evasion and concealment of income earned through ""dubious sources'
11/5/1998Baba Nagarjun ""Vaidyanath Mishra"" died. He wrote in Hindi, Maithali and Sanskrit. Some of his noted works are ""Patra-Heen- Nagna Gachh"", ""Dukhmochan"", ""Yugdhara"" and ""Sah