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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 |
09/29/1914 | German cruiser Emden shells Madras. |
12/06/2000 | Bishop Vinod Peter, National Christian Council of India president and church of North India moderator, and Rajasthan CNI Bishop Gerald Andrews die in a car accident near Jodhpur in Rajasthan. |
12/28/1925 | Kasturbhai Lalbhai Shrenik, great industrialist, was born at Ahmedabad. |
07/12/1864 | Vishvanath Kashinath Rajwade, great Historian, was born. |
07/23/1997 | India decides to sign U.N. Convention against torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. |
01/14/1948 | First issue of Marathi daily newspaper 'Loksatta' was published. |
08/12/1905 | Japan, Britain reach an accord determining spheres of influence in Far East; India to remain with the British. |
05/25/1965 | Independent India had further clashes with Pakistan in 1965 and 1971, one over the intractable Kashmir dispute and the other over Bangladesh. A border war was also fought with China in 1962 in the North-Eastern region, which resulted in the loss of Aksai Chin in Ladakh and smaller areas in the North-east. India continues to dispute sovereignty over these areas. |
01/16/1620 | Amarsingh I, Rajput's guhilot lineage king of Mewad, died. |
12/10/1945 | Aust Services lose third Victory Test Cricket to India by 6 wkts. |
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