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Historical Event on 4/27/1993
A national credit fund for women called the 'Rashtriya Mahila Kosh' set up.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/3/1984 | 3,000 people died and more than 50,000 people were badly affected when they inhaled poisonous toxic gas emission from the Union Carbide plant. This event is better known as ""the Bhopal Gas Tragedy"", the biggest industrial disaster that occured in India. |
| 9/30/1996 | PVN Rao, who was to appear in court in the Pathak cheating case, gets a reprieve |
| 12/5/1951 | Abanindranath Tagore, a great Modern Indian Painter, passed away. |
| 1/31/1958 | First Earth Satellite Explorer I was launched from Cape Kennedy. |
| 4/4/1990 | Lata Mangeshkar wins 1989 Dada Saheb Phalke award. |
| 11/1/1999 | H. K. Dua, senior Journalist and former editor of The Indian Express and The Hindustan Times, is appointed the Press Adviser to the Prime Minister. |
| 4/5/1950 | Spurred by recent clashes in East and West Bengal between Muslims and Hindus, Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and his Pakistani couterpart Ali Khan today reached agreement on a ""Bill of Rights for Minorities"". This bill included a provision for ""drumhead justice,"" or summary justice to persons convicted of violating minority rights. |
| 1/11/1966 | Lal Bahadur Shastri was posthumously awarded the ""Bharat Ratna"". |
| 4/1/1918 | Royal Air Force replaces Royal Flying Corps in Britain. |
| 1/1/1995 | This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Year of Tolerance"". |
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